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Meet the Fellows

Our outstanding 2024 fellows came from all walks of life and many academic backgrounds. Through the Labor Summer Fellowship, they immersed themselves in the field of labor advocacy, gaining valuable hands-on experience helping workers to organize their workplaces.

In their own words:

  • Joyce Pang

    Joyce Pang

    I’m an urban studies and planning major and computing in the arts minor currently studying at UC San Diego, and I’ll be working with the United Domestic Worker Resource Center this summer. I’m involved with a few organizing groups at UCSD and I’m most interested in coalition work and building community-based basic needs systems. I’m super excited to work with a union for the first time this summer and learn organizing skills to apply to my future projects and organizing endeavors.
  • Levi Berge-Wells

    Levi Berge-Wells

    Levi Berge-Wells is a passionate advocate for environmental justice and grassroots community engagement. His dedication to fostering sustainable change was cultivated through transformative experiences mentoring underserved youth in climate education programs and immersive collaborations with regenerative farms and community gardens. With an academic background in sociology focused on social inequality combined with data analysis skills, he analyzes complex environmental and societal issues through an interdisciplinary, quantitative lens. His commitment to equity-centered solutions was further strengthened through involvement in labor rights advocacy and facilitation of strategic campaigns. Integrating community-driven approaches, experiential education methods, data-driven decision-making, and a solutions-oriented mindset, he aims to drive impactful climate action that uplifts marginalized communities. His career goals center on promoting environmental sustainability and social justice through inclusive, grassroots initiatives.
  • Ella Jaravata

    Ella Jaravata

    My background in organizing mainly came from social justice and environmental campaigns. I hadn't heard about Labor Summer until I did the AFT internship through my community college. I have just graduated from Mesa College, majoring in Political Science. Through taking the Labor History and Organizing Classes at City College, I was connected with Satomi Rash-Zeigler, head of the UCSD Labor Center. Through her class, I learned how labor is a valuable organizing tool and vehicle for everything I care about in society-wealth inequity, corporate greed, worker's rights, and the overlap between this and other issues I care about like racism and climate. I'm excited to do more valuable work with my host organization, UDW, and learn how I can better care for my community.
  • Crisoforo Gomez

    Crisoforo Gomez

    My name is Crisoforo Gomez, and I am a transfer student and first-generation college graduate from the University of California, San Diego, where I earned a degree in Political Science-Data Analytics with a minor in Law & Society. Growing up in Vallejo, California, I witnessed firsthand the sacrifices my parents made as blue-collar workers to provide a better life for my sister and I. I also worked various jobs for several years before deciding to return to school through community college, which deepened my understanding of the struggles many workers face.

    Joining the Labor Summer program at UCSD has been a fantastic convergence of my interests and aspirations. I have been incredibly inspired by the surge of labor activity that has swept the country in the wake of the pandemic and wanted to contribute the skills I've gained through my education and prior work experience to the broader labor movement. This summer, I am excited to work with the San Diego Labor Council to make tangible impacts on the lives of workers like my parents, and I hope this is just the beginning of a long journey in the field of labor.