Name: Saliha Bayrak

Recipient Year: 2022

Description: Hello! My name is Saliha and I'm and incoming senior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I double major in Journalism and Psychology and serve as the Editor-in-Chief of the school newspaper. I am passionate about storytelling on subjects of social justice, international issues, politics, and culture. I am currently an editorial intern with Texas Monthly magazine and a news intern with The World radio program, and also hold an assistant coordinator position with Neighborhood View, the community journalism project of Urban Media Arts in Malden.

School Name: University of Massachusetts Amherst

Major: Dual Degree in Journalism & Psychology

Sponsor: Abdul Sattar Rydhan Memorial Scholarship

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saliha-bayrak-3833701b4/