Homestead resident, Hamilton College senior Maria "Alejandra" Pulido awarded college's $30K Bristol Fellowship
Pulido is a world politics major at Hamilton
Clinton, NY (05/09/2022) — Homestead resident and Hamilton College senior Maria "Alejandra" Pulido is one of two students awarded Hamilton's Bristol Fellowship this year. Each Bristol Fellow receives a $30,000 research grant to spend a year after graduation studying an issue of personal interest. Pulido is a world politics major at Hamilton, and her topic is "Paths of the Displaced: Exploration of Migration Resources."
Pulido's research will focus on the migrant populations of Greece, France, Spain, Togo, and Singapore. She hopes to gain a holistic picture of the impact of migration by interacting with humanitarian workers, educators, government officials, healthcare providers, and community leaders, as well as "welcoming time spent with migrants and refugees to understand movement and integration from their perspectives."
Drawing on inspiration from her own experience, Pulido is determined to better the experiences of migrants and refugees. "I am a political asylee from Colombia and am privileged enough to have gotten American citizenship," she said. "I chose to focus on migration because every place I have been and every displaced person I have encountered was in need of more assistance than was provided."
The Bristol Fellowship is funded by the family of William M. Bristol, Jr., Class of 1917, who served as a Hamilton trustee, president of the Alumni Association, fundraiser, and benefactor. He was one of seven generations of Bristol family members to attend Hamilton, dating back to the chartering of the College in 1812. Mr. Bristol's great, great-grandfather became one of the College's first trustees after helping to found the Hamilton-Oneida Academy, which later became Hamilton College in 1793.
Maria "Alejandra" Pulido is a graduate of Coral Reef Senior High School
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