Student Advisory Committee (SAC)

AY2025-26 Members

Members of the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) advise Program Director Julie Reuben, Assistant Director Liao Cheng, and Program Coordinator Rees Collier on program initiatives and events. They also work to raise awareness and interest in educational issues at Harvard College through social events, social media projects, and information sessions.

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...
Grace Bida

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...
Janaysa Dorcin

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...
Rebecca Janfaza

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...
Jiani Johnson

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...
Alif Sheikh

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...
Alyssa Yap

Student Spotlight

Former SAC member Amy Liu undertook a social media project for the program, during which she interviewed Professor Elizabeth City and EdSecondary's own Assistant Director, Liao Cheng, about the importance of education as a field of study.

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Student Spotlight

Curated by former EdSecondary SAC member David Chen, these portraits provide a slice or glimpse into the unique journeys through K-12 education which brought our student colleagues here to Harvard. Help us form a deeper understanding of who we are and where we came from by listening, sharing, and even contributing to these portraits.

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David Chen headshot