
Tariah Hyland
Cohort 5 Scholar
Washington D.C. ∙ Howard University
Tariah Hyland, a senior at Howard University, is majoring in Political Science, and hails from Wilmington, Delaware. She is passionate about uplifting students of color, driving education reform, and supporting the development of low-income communities.
Tariah serves as the Executive Vice President of the Howard University Student Association and has held other leadership roles as Vice President of the College of Arts and Sciences and President of the Black Girls Vote chapter.
She most recently interned in the Office of the Vice President at the White House under the Biden-Harris Administration. She has also been recognized as a 2023 Delaware John Lewis Youth Leader of the year. AT&T Rising Future Maker and a Target Scholar.
Leave Your Legacy
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— John Lewis