Katrina Greene
Cohort 6 Scholar
Brooklyn, New York ∙ Cornell University
Katrina Greene is a first-generation, Trinidadian-American junior at Cornell University studying Government. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she is passionate about dismantling legal and economic barriers facing immigrant communities and women of color. At twelve, she presented at the National Urban League and Columbia University’s Teachers College on the criminalization of Black girls, sparking a lifelong commitment to social justice. At Cornell, she serves as a Policy Analyst for the State Policy Advocacy Clinic, Vice President of the Black Ivy Pre-Law Society, and President of External Relations for the Caribbean Students Association. A 2025 Black Girlhood Studies Fellow, Katrina plans to pursue her JD and become a civil rights attorney.
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— John Lewis