Meeting Our IMD Interns

Our IMD interns have been hard at work this semester, supporting IMD’s education, outreach, and fundraising initiatives for quantitatively informed civic engagement. Today, we are spotlighting them and sharing a bit about the kinds of work they do!

Cherith Chen: A member of the class of 2024 at Wellesley College, Cherith majors in Mathematics and minors in Statistics. She is interested in probability theory and theoretical statistics. She helps with IMD’s website and administrative work.

Joya Breinholt: Joya is a member of Wellesley’s class of 2026 and a planned major in American Studies & Economics. She is interested in how the mathematical sciences can be utilized to maximize democratic outcomes and how mathematics interacts with campaign finance. At the IMD, she assists with fundraising and grant applications.

Ilinca Drondoe: Ilinca is a Peace & Justice major and a member of the class of 2026. She is passionate about how a mathematical perspective can inform socially just policy change. Ilinca is currently researching UN reform proposals from a quantitative and political perspective. As an intern, she plans and facilitates events, runs IMD’s social media, and writes news posts. 

Hanqi Zhu: As a member of Wellesley’s class of 2026, Hanqi plans to major in Mathematics and Computer Science. Besides conducting research on simplicial complexes and liquid democracy, she is also responsible for facilitating IMD content curation as an intern.