Fellows – Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Omar Abudayyeh

Investigator, The AbuGoot Lab
Omar Abudayyeh is the child of immigrants from Jordan and Kuwait. Fellowship awarded in 2013 to support work towards an MD in Medicine at Harvard University and a PhD in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
David Adewumi

Trumpet Player, Composer & Educator
David Adewumi is the child of immigrants from Nigeria. Fellowship awarded in 2017 to support work towards an MM in Jazz Trumpet at The Juilliard School
Jasmeet Ahuja

Partner, Hogan Lovells
Jasmeet Ahuja is the child of immigrants from India. Fellowship awarded in 2012 to support work towards a JD in Law at Yale University
Lillian Chin

Assistant Professor and a Texas Instruments / Jack Kilby Fellow, University of Texas, Austin’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lillian Chin is the child of immigrants from China and Taiwan. Fellowship awarded in 2018 to support work towards a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Daniela Delgado

Duke Primary Care Physician and Consulting Associate, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Daniela Delgado is an immigrant from Colombia. Fellowship awarded in 2015 to support work towards an MD in Medicine at Harvard University
Tania Fabo

MD, Stanford University, PhD, Stanford University
Tania Fabo is an immigrant from Germany of Cameroonian heritage Fellowship awarded in 2022 to support work towards an MD in Medicine and a PhD in Genetics at Stanford University
Mariam Ghani

Artist/Filmmaker
Mariam Ghani is the child of immigrants from Lebanon and Afghanistan. Fellowship awarded in 2001 to support work towards an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media at School of Visual Arts
Alex Iftimie

Associate General Counsel, OpenAI
Alex Iftimie is an immigrant from Romania. Fellowship awarded in 2009 to support work towards a JD in Law at Yale University
Fei-Fei Li

Co-Director, Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute
Fei-Fei Li is an immigrant from China. Fellowship awarded in 1999 to support work towards a PhD in Engineering at California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Vivek Murthy

Surgeon General, United States
Vivek Murthy is an immigrant from United Kingdom. Fellowship awarded in 1998 to support work towards an MD in Medicine at Yale University
Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón

Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
Julissa Reynoso is an immigrant from the Dominican Republic Fellowship awarded in 1999 to support work towards a JD in Law at Columbia University
Damian Williams

United States Attorney, Southern District of New York
Damian Williams is the child of immigrants from Jamaica. Fellowship awarded in 2004 to support work towards a JD in Law at Yale University