Divya Vasudevan ’12’s academic and professional pursuits have centered around one central question: What are the solutions for reducing inequality? She received her bachelor’s degree in political science from Vassar College in 2004, and continued her studies at the University of Chicago where she earned a Master’s Degree in the Social Sciences in 2005. Divya joined Teach For America in 2005. During her two years teaching in the South Bronx, Divya learned how to craft creative solutions to address complex social problems. She carried these skills with her to Chicago, where she worked as a public affairs consultant for three years. During this time, she helped develop communications strategies for nonprofit and government agencies such as the Housing Authority of Cook County and Chicago Department of Public Health.
Divya has continued her commitment to social justice as a student at Temple Law, where she served as the Senior Production Editor of the Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review and worked with the Student Public Interest Network. As Special Events Chair of the Women’s Law Caucus, Divya designed events to help students understand the challenges that women continue to face in the legal profession. She has worked as a legal intern at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Juvenile Law Center, and the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. As a Law & Public Policy Scholar, Divya interned for O’Donnell, Schwartz & Anderson, a union-side labor law firm inWashington, D.C.