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Emily Bhatnagar

2026-2028 Voyager Scholarship Recipient

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Emily Bhatnagar is passionate about improving support programs for patients experiencing critical illness and their caregivers beyond clinical treatment. As the founder of For Love & Buttercup, a nonprofit organization inspired by her family's health journey, Emily has coordinated the donation of over 30,000 books to children with cancer across the United States.

Hometown : Gaithersburg, MD

Institution : University of Pennsylvania

Major : Leadership and Communications

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The Barack Obama Foundation is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (EIN 46-4950751).

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The Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service helps students who have a passion for helping others, experience serving in or building community, and an expansive view of what’s possible through public service.

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