Health Policy and Law Scholarship
Welcome Fall 2026 Health Policy and Law Scholars
Northeastern University School of Law has awarded the Health Policy and Law Scholarship — the School of Law’s highest honor for students pursuing careers in health policy and law — to first-year students Trinity Hunt ’29, Aabia Saeed ’ 29 and Sophie Viray ’29.
Trinity Hunt ’29 is a cum laude graduate of the University of Delaware, where she majored in communication and minored in public health and legal studies. Most recently, she spent a year as an account coordinator in SolComms’ Health Tech division, developing media strategies for companies transforming doctor-patient interactions and expanding access to benefits like SNAP.
Aabia Saeed ’29 graduated with highest distinction from UNC Chapel Hill with a BS in health policy and management, where she researched healthcare access and equity for immigrant and refugee communities. She previously served as director of finance and operations at Middle East Refugee Aid, supporting health literacy and humanitarian programs.
Sophie Viray ’29 graduated from UCLA in 2024 with dual majors in international development studies and Korean and a minor in global health. She went on to coordinate community-based research programs at UCLA Health’s Iris Cantor-UCLA Women's Health Education Center, focusing on how environmental pollution and economic instability affect low- to middle-income women in Los Angeles County.
-
A
ARATHI KALLUR ’28 graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 2023 with her BS in health policy and administration, with honors, and a minor in information science and technology. She went on to earn her Master of Health Administration from Pennsylvania State University in 2024. Following her graduate studies, Aarathi joined KPMG in Philadelphia as a healthcare solutions associate, where she supported healthcare providers in optimizing their daily operations. She is passionate about health policy and committed to expanding access to healthcare nationwide.
NICOLE LEVESQUE ’28 graduated summa cum laude from Stonehill College in 2018 with a BA in Political Science and Spanish with a minor in Latin American Studies. She then served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Peru working on water, sanitation and hygiene in a rural jungle community. She graduated from Brandeis University with a Master of Science in Global Health Policy and Management in 2021. She previously worked at the US Department of Health and Human Services working on implementing the Affordable Care Act by managing health insurance plans on HealthCare.gov.
KARA LEWIS ’28 graduated with honors from the University of Virginia in 2022 with a BA in Global Public Health and Sociology and from Georgetown University in 2023 with a MS in Health and the Public Interest. She previously worked at Palladian Partners, a small health communications firm, that contracts primarily with HHS entities. There, Kara worked on campaigns for CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and NIH’s Salud, a Spanish-language health resource initiative.