Meet the Class of 2024
Taussia Boadi
Hometown: Westchester, NY
Major: Sociology
Activities & Honors:
- Abbot – Friars Class of 2024
- Co-Chair – UMOJA
- Finance Chair – Black Student League
- Founder and VP of External Affairs – Black Ivy Coalition
- New Member Education Chair – Alpha Iota Gamma Pre-Health Fraternity
- Manager – Men’s Varsity Wrestling
- Robeson Cooper Scholar
- Health and Healthcare Fellow in Sociology
- Research Scholar – GEAR-UP
- Advising Fellow – Matriculate (a program that advises high-achieving, low-income high school students and helps them apply to colleges across the country)
- Recipient – 2023 Projects for Progress Award
Hobbies: Cooking, Thrifting, Exploring new music, going to brunch
Favorite Book: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Favorite Movie: The Platform, Madea Franchise
Favorite Food: Fufu with Peanut Butter Soup
Favorite Quote: “Remember to imagine and craft the worlds you cannot live without, just as you dismantle the ones you cannot live within.” ~ Ruha Benjamin
Plans After Penn: Graduate school to obtain my MPH (Masters of Public Health) and MD degrees
