P.D. Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Q&A: Economist Angela Ma Looks Back At The Fellowship

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, 2018 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Angela Tian Ma is the daughter of Chinese immigrants. Seeing how her parents overcame language, cultural, and financial barriers to build a new home in this country has inspired Angela to...

Q&A: Physics PhD Student Iris Cong Looks Back At The Fellowship

Born in Los Angeles, 2018 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Iris Cong is the daughter of Chinese immigrants who epitomize the American Dream. Her parents came to the United States in 1985 for their graduate studies, with only $30 each. After overcoming many...

Q&A: JD/PhD Student Joel Sati Looks Back At The Fellowship

Born in Nairobi, Kenya, 2018 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Joel Sati immigrated to the United States at the age of nine. As a PhD student in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy program at UC Berkeley and a JD candidate at the Yale Law School, Joel’s work...

Q&A: MD/PhD Student Jonathan Marquez Looks Back At The Fellowship

2018 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Jonathan Marquez was born in Houston to parents who migrated there from Mexico and Colombia. Jonathan completed his PhD research in Mustafa Khokha’s Lab, which is part of the Pediatric Genomics Discovery Program at Yale...

Q&A: Law School Graduate Wazhma Sadat Looks Back At The Fellowship

2018 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Wazhma Sadat is the first Afghan woman to graduate from both Yale College and Yale Law School. After graduating, she completed a yearlong fellowship at the Yale Office of the General Counsel and then started a clerkship...

Blood test for metastatic prostate cancer could suggest better treatment options

The Opportunity You Shouldn't Pass Up: Apply

The 2021 application is open. Are you a New American who will be 30 or younger as of October 29, 2020, and who will be in graduate school full-time for the 2021-2022 academic year? Check out our eligibility requirements, learn about the Fellowships,...

Bianca Tylek is Advocating for People in Prison During the COVID-19 Crisis

COVID-19: Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows in Public Health and Health Care

COVID-19: Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows Serving on the Front Lines of Health Care

The following Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows are working across the United States in medicine and serving patients directly during the COVID-19 crisis. All of them are immigrants and children of immigrants. We'll continue to update this list. Ashish...