AY2025-26 Peer Advisors
Peer Advisors AY2025-26
EdSecondary's Peer Advisors are students deeply committed to and familiar with the program, its requirements, and its community. They are an excellent resource for students already declared for EdSecondary and for students interested in declaring.
If you want to speak with a Peer Advisor to hear their perspective on the program, or just enjoy a chat with a fellow student over a cup of free coffee, browse your options below and then sign up by clicking on your preferred advisor and sending them an email.
Grace Bida
Grace Bida is on a mission to address inconsistently resourced education and learning systems by developing tools and spaces to democratize access to academic opportunity for underserved populations. She is eager to use empathy to architect more...
Janaysa Dorcin
Janaysa is a junior in Leverett House studying Government with a secondary in Educational Studies. She is passionate about college access and matriculation, and she is particularly interested in understanding the relationship between policy and...
Rebecca Janfaza
Rebecca is a senior studying psychology and education. She is interested in the intersection of these topics and the role of social and emotional learning in K-12 education. Rebecca has worked with the Phillips Brooks House Association's Summer Urban...
Jiani Johnson
Originally from Valley Cottage, NY, Jiani is a junior in Leverett House studying Bioengineering with a secondary in Educational Studies. She is passionate about sharing the interdisciplinary nature of educational studies with others at Harvard College...
Alif Sheikh
Alif is a junior in Winthrop House concentrating in Integrative Biology with a secondary in Education Studies and pursuing the pre-med track. Much of her time at Harvard has been devoted to education and mentorship, particularly supporting...
Alyssa Yap
Alyssa (she/her) is a senior in Kirkland pursuing Linguistics with Neuroscience and an EdSecondary. Born and raised in Malaysia, she is deeply interested in child language acquisition, multilingualism, and education policies surrounding language. She also...
