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IGNITE is pleased to introduce our newest San Diego Fellow, Faith Garcia! We spoke with Faith to discuss her goals for the Fellowship, her leadership experience, and how she flexes her political power. 

IGNITE is excited to announce Emelie Jimenez as the newest IGNITE Fellow for Miami! Emelie is excited to empower the women in her city and get more young women involved in politics! We'll be chatting with Emelie to hear more about her vision for this upcoming fellowship year. 

IGNITE is excited to welcome back Jessie Jennett for her second year in our fellowship! IGNITE caught up with Jessie to discuss her political aspirations and plans for the new year.

IGNITE is delighted to introduce Munira Abdullahi as the Columbus, Ohio fellow in IGNITE's 2021-2022 fellowship cohort. We spoke with Munira to discuss her experiences as a rising leader in Columbus and the year ahead.

IGNITE is excited to announce Tiera Moore as our new Cleveland Fellow! Today we will be chatting with Tiera to see what she is looking forward to during this fellowship year and how she plans to impact her community. 

IGNITE is excited to introduce our new Las Vegas Fellow, Vanessa Aponte! Vanessa is coming into this role eager to serve her community and ready to share her thoughts on how she plans to IGNITE women's political ambition in Las Vegas!

Today we are chatting with one of IGNITE's new Fellows, Agatha Pinheiro. Agatha will serve as the Detroit Fellow this coming year. We sat down to talk about civic engagement, working on campaigns, and what it means to be the Detroit IGNITE Fellow.

Today we are chatting with one of IGNITE’s news Fellows, Catherine Zhang.Catherine will serve as the Boston Fellow this coming year. We sat down to talk about civic engagement, working on campaigns, and what it means to be the Boston IGNITE Fellow.

We are so excited to welcome Erin Hernández into the IGNITE family! She is our new fellow for the Chicago area. We caught up with Erin to discuss her plans for the fellowship site and her desire to help expand IGNITE's presence in her city.

IGNITE is beyond excited to announce that Christina Williams will be serving Atlanta as the IGNITE fellow this year. An influential leader in the IGNITE community, you may recognize Christina as the president and founder of IGNITE's Clark Atlanta University chapter or as a powerful voting rights activist in Atlanta who just testified for redistricting and fair maps in Georgia. We caught up with Christina to discuss her vision for Georgia as a community leader, advocate, and IGNITE fellow.