Two Princeton seniors and three alumni have been named Knight-Hennessy Scholars. Scholars receive up to three years of funding toward a graduate degree at Stanford University.

This year’s recipients are Class of 2025 members Gil Joseph and Sabrina Nicacio, Class of 2021 member Jimin Kang, and Class of 2019 members Mikaela Gerwin and Nick Wu. They will join a cohort of 84 scholars from around the world. The fellowship program develops “emerging leaders who have a commitment to the greater good and the tools needed to drive meaningful change,” according to the announcement.

Mikaela Gerwin, from New York City, will pursue a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a master’s degree in history from the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences. She graduated from Princeton with a bachelor’s degree in history and a certificate in global health and health policy. Gerwin’s international experiences include participating in the Novogratz Bridge Year Program in Peru and studying abroad in Spain. After Princeton, Gerwin received a master’s degree in history and philosophy of science and medicine from the University of Cambridge, where she was a Gates Cambridge Scholar.

Gil Joseph, from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, will pursue a master’s degree in international policy at the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences. He is majoring in sociology with a minor in Latin American studies. On campus, Joseph served as president of the Class of 2025, co-president of the Princeton African Students Association and a residential college adviser at Forbes College. His international experience includes an internship with From Houses to Homes, a nonprofit organization in Guatemala, through the International Internship Program and conducting field research in Brazil. Joseph is the co-founder and vice president of the Hector Foundation, a nonprofit working to expand educational opportunities for young people in Haiti.

Jimin Kang, from Seoul, South Korea, will pursue a Ph.D. in comparative literature at the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences. She graduated from Princeton with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Portuguese with certificates in journalism, creative writing, environmental studies and Latin American studies. Prior to arriving at Princeton, Kang participated in the Novogratz Bridge Year Program in Brazil. Kang was a Sachs Scholar at Oxford’s Worcester College, where she earned a master of studies in comparative literature and critical translation as well as a master of science in nature, society and environmental governance.

Sabrina Nicacio, from Salvador, Brazil, will pursue a master’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford School of Engineering. She is majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering with a minor in robotics and intelligent systems. At Princeton, she is an undergraduate researcher in the Self-Organizing Swarms and Robotics Lab led by Professor of Robotics Radhika Nagpal, the Norman R. Augustine '57 *59 Professor in Engineering. Nicacio also worked on innovative aerospace projects as a mechanical design engineering intern for the Starship launch operations at SpaceX, as an undergraduate researcher for the Aerospace Materials and Structures Laboratory at MIT, and as a summer undergraduate research fellow at the Navigation and Autonomous Vehicles Lab at Stanford, where she collaborated on projects for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Nick Wu, from Richboro, Pennsylvania, will pursue a J.D. at Stanford Law School. He graduated from Princeton with a bachelor’s degree in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA). He was awarded the R.W. van de Velde award for outstanding junior independent work. For the past three years, Wu served as a policy adviser at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He previously worked in management consulting at Bain & Co. and served as a strategy and analytics extern at Rethink Food.