Joanna Lin

2026-2028 Voyager Scholarship Recipient

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Joanna Lin is passionate about using local storytelling to investigate the intersection of housing, health, and community well-being. As the founder of a hyperlocal digital news platform, Allstonia, in Allston, Massachusetts, Joanna finds the “big stories in little places” through sharing the perspectives of her fellow neighbors at the forefront of building and sustaining community care.

Hometown : Boston, MA

Institution : Harvard College

Major : Social Studies; Minor in Ethnicity, Migration, Rights

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Voyager Scholarship

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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