Bethesda, Maryland ∙ Spelman College

Marie Andre Joyce Onana Mfege is a sophomore sociology major with a minor in comparative women’s studies currently attending Spelman College. She grew up in an immigrant family as a black woman put her in spaces that transformed her advocacy.

She began working in social justice when she was in high school working to create student coalitions to create police free schools in the Maryland district. It continued on to the work she does at Spelman with student advocacy to get black collegiate students registered and informed to vote.

She is passionate about using advocacy as a tool to create peaceful communities among all.