Undergraduate
Gayatri Jolly (left), founder of her eponymous brand, Gayatri Jolly, and a model are shown wearing Gayatri’s creations. Gayatri emails, “I moved to India in 2011 to launch the Entrepreneurship Development Program at Adharshila Trust, a nonprofit that serves the urban poor in India. EDP focuses on vocational skills, including tailoring for women who are mentored and given sewing machines to start their own businesses. In 2013, I enrolled at Parsons The New School for Design to become a socially responsible fashion designer. My dream is to enable the women from EDP to implement fashion collections from start to finish and become self-reliant.”