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Most Promising Multicultural Students Class Announced for 2020
Senior advertising leaders gathered in Washington, DC to select 50 of the nation’s most promising undergraduate seniors for one of the industry’s premier D&I programs.
WASHINGTON, DC, November 20, 2019—The American Advertising Federation (AAF) hosted leading industry professionals in Washington, DC to select the class of 2020’s Most Promising Multicultural Students. This year’s judging panel included representatives from Adobe, Octagon, Pandora, Spotify, Target, The Richards Group, and VidMob, including two Most Promising alumni.
Approaching its 24th year, the Most Promising Multicultural Student program is part of the AAF’s Mosaic Center initiative to promote diversity and inclusion within the industry. Advertising, media, communications, and technology companies have the opportunity to tap into 50 of the most high-potential advertising talent throughout the country. Each year, multicultural students from the AAF’s 160+ college chapters apply for the program, with this year’s applicant pool being one of the largest. Those selected will participate in a four-day industry immersion program that includes professional development workshops, site visits, Building Bridges to our Future awards luncheon and Recruiter’s Expo.
Leading agencies and companies, including 72andSunny, Apple, FCB, Google, IPG, McCann, Omnicom Group, Publicis Groupe, Wieden+Kennedy and more consider Most Promising to be an incredibly valuable resource in recruiting entry level talent.
"The Most Promising class of students is selected from multicultural talent that reflects the diversity of demographics, experience and mindset of America. The 2020 class is comprised of exceptional talent across various disciplines who will lend their creativity and voices to inspire a more inclusive workforce,” says the AAF’s COO, Constance Cannon Frazier.
Students from AAF’s college chapter network were vetted and selected through a rigorous application process that included essays, letters of recommendation, résumé/portfolio submission and specific academic requirements. With an average GPA of 3.6, this year’s class represents 29 schools and 19 states across the country, including California, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Texas.
2020 Most Promising Multicultural Students Class
Julia Acevedo-Sideri
Ithaca College
Ethan Aliste
University of Oregon
Jeewon Bae
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sela Betz
University of Richmond
Victoria Castillo
University of Houston
Kimberly Chungong
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Joelle Dunkley
University of Miami
Natalie Ferguson
University of Georgia
Jordan Graham
Washington State University
Kayla Griffis
Southern Methodist University
Amanda Guy
Marist College
Jordan Harrison
University of Florida
Celine Haynes
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jayda Hill
University of Georgia
Erica Howie
The University of Alabama
Hamy Huynh
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Tyler Jones
University of Missouri
Lauren Jorges
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Caleb Jourden
The University of Oklahoma
Christian Kenoly
The University of Texas at Austin
Andie Kotani
University of Oregon
Michelle Lam
The University of Texas at Austin
Divneet Lamba
University of South Carolina
Mingyo Lee
The University of Texas at Austin
Tiffany Leung
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Enoch Lui
Brigham Young University
Nicole Mendez
Florida State University
Hitomi Nakamura
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nam Nguyen
Washington State University
Jessica Ocampo
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alexa Padron
University of Florida
Zaria Parvez
University of Oregon
Casey Paxman
The University of Texas at Austin
Ashley Poelman
Brigham Young University
Stephania Quintero
Ithaca College
Catrin Reyes
Columbia College Chicago
Teya Ridgeway
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Amy Rivera
Texas State University
Yessica Rodriguez
Texas State University
Madison Sheeren
The Pennsylvania State University
Jessica Smith
University of Florida
Adrianna Talavera
University of Missouri-Columbia
Jessica Tarin
New Mexico State University
Grace Ubben
University of Florida
Maria Vasquez
Florida State University
Sofia Vela
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Gabrielle Waller
University of Alabama
KaLyn Williams
University of Memphis
Ingrid Wu
The University of Florida
Devon Yousif
Grand Valley State University
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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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