FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Most Promising Multicultural Students Class Announced for 2019
Executives from advertising’s biggest names gathered to select 50 exceptional undergraduate seniors for AAF program.
WASHINGTON, DC, November 8, 2018—The American Advertising Federation (AAF) hosted eight leading advertising industry professionals in Washington, DC to select the 2019 class of Most Promising Multicultural Students on October 24. This year’s judging panel included representation from Edelman, EnergyBBDO, HZDG, Publicis Health, RP3 Agency, Wunderman, VMLY&R and Yes&.
The Most Promising Program is part of the AAF’s Mosaic Center initiative to promote diversity and inclusion within the industry and provides a talent pipeline for organizations committed to creating change in the advertising, media and communications industries. Each year, multicultural students from the AAF’s 160+ college chapters apply for Most Promising and those selected participate in a four-day industry immersion program that includes professional development workshops, site visits, the Building Bridges Awards Luncheon, and a recruiters’ expo.
"The Most Promising class of students is selected from multicultural talent that reflects the diversity of demographics, experience and mindset of America. The 2019 class is comprised of exceptional talent across various disciplines who will lend their creativity and voices to inspire a more inclusive workforce,” says Danielle Austen, Managing Partner & CEO at fluent360 and Chair of the AAF's Mosaic Center.
Leading agencies and companies, including 72andSunny, Apple, FCB, Google, IPG, Leo Burnett, Omnicom Group, Publicis Groupe, Wieden+Kennedy and more consider Most Promising to be an incredibly valuable program in recruiting entry level talent.
Students from AAF’s college chapter network were vetted by industry professionals and selected through a rigorous application process that included submissions of essays, letters of recommendation, resumé/portfolio submission and stringent academic requirements. With an average GPA of 3.6, this year’s class represents 31 schools and 16 states across the country, including Florida, Illinois, New York, Oregon, and Texas.
2019 Most Promising Multicultural Students Class
Taylor Camarena
University of Oregon
Leslie Carol
Ringling College of Art and Design
Ruth Carrion
Florida State University
Cynthia Castor
University of Memphis
Brooke Chai
St. John’s University
Jaime Chou
Penn State University
Cassue Chu
State University of New York College
at Buffalo
Faith-Ashley Daniels
University of Texas at Austin
Hector De Leon
The University of Texas at Austin
Chukwuma Egbuzie
Clark University
Taqua Elleithy
University of Virginia
Abraham Escalona
Florida International University
Nour Feghali
University of Missouri-Columbia
Nailah Fisher
Saint Johns University
Amanda Flamerich
The University of Alabama
David Fraser
Washington State University
Erin Gazdik
Brigham Young University
Ivan Gomez
St. Bonaventure University
Michaeljon Greene
DePaul University
Gabrielle Grubb
Southern Methodist University
DeMornay Harper
Texas State University
Grace Heneghan
Ithaca College
Samantha Herrera
Texas Tech University
Ni Ho
Fashion Institute of Technology,
State University of New York
Manal Jakhar
Johnson & Wales University
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Rachel Kim
University of Missouri-Columbia
Meghan Lai
Marist College
Jiwon Lee
Washington State University
Jared Leong
Emerson College
Lizzy Levine
Texas Christian University
Alissa Llort
Southern Methodist University
Samantha Mendiguren
Ithaca College
Evan Neuhoff
University of Houston
Jennifer Nichols
University of Memphis
Jessica Nugent
Brigham Young University
Samantha Nuñez
Florida State University
Lorien Pereyra
Brigham Young University
Pablo Perez
Brigham Young University
Kevin Pham
University of Houston
Kainoa Reponte
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Rachelle Roldan
University of Oregon
Armando Sanchez-Monsivais
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Leah Santiago
University of Central Florida
Samson Selam
University of San Francisco
Jennifer Tang
New York University
Maegan Alexis
Trinidad University of Central Florida
Samiha Uddin
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Siena Walsh
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alicia White
University of Missouri-Columbia
David Yao
City University of New York,
Baruch College
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For over two decades, the AAF has offered a myriad of programming that promotes and advances multiculturalism within the advertising industry, including the Mosaic Awards, Mosaic Career Fair & Conference and AdCamp.
For more information about the AAF’s diversity programs, please contact Melony Hughes at [email protected].
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