Joseph Pollack

Age: 22

Home Town: Los Angeles, California

Education: B.A. in Environmental Science and Cognitive Science, Northwestern University

Specific Field Interests: Education, community development, curriculum design

Placement: AIF-LAMP, Nandurbar, Maharashtra

Area of Focus: Education

Fellowship Project: Developing a culturally relevant, multilingual Early Childhood Education curriculum that promotes inclusive educational opportunities for all children, particularly those affected by migration.

Highlights: Joey is serving as an American India Foundation (AIF) Banyan Impact Fellow with the Learning and Migration Program (LAMP) in Nandurbar, Maharashtra. For his Fellowship project, he is aiding with the establishment of a Multilingual Learning Center to enhance early childhood education and community engagement. Joey graduated from Northwestern University in 2024 with a dual degree in Environmental Science and Cognitive Science. He is an accomplished advocate for education and community engagement. He mentored teenagers in a juvenile justice facility in Chicago through Northwestern’s Undergraduate Prison Education Partnership and he volunteered as a computer science educator in elementary schools. He also served as Coordinator for the Teen Leadership Program for Camp Kesem, a summer camp for children affected by a parent’s cancer. At the Multilingual Learning Center, Joey hopes to make a significant impact towards LAMP’s mission of providing equitable access to quality education.