Undergraduate
Mercedes Owolabi (left) emails, “I am honored to have been appointed to the board of directors of the Meriwether Foundation, which works to improve health and education in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique. I am shown at a Meriwether fundraiser in New York City with (from left) friends Rosalie Almonte and Dennise Garcia Sevilla; foundation co-founder and chair Nana Meriwether; Miss New York USA Candace Kendall; and Miss New York USA 2005 Meaghan Jarensky. This summer, the foundation will sponsor me to travel to South Africa to visit its programming sites.” Mercedes is an analyst, finance division at Goldman Sachs in Jersey City, N.J.