Lena Bird ‘28 is from Charlotte, North Carolina. She has spent the past few years advocating for equitable education in NC, including working on a team that introduced bills to the state legislature in hopes of providing in-state tuition to DACA and undocumented state residents alongside publishing an op-ed on the need to increase funding for multilingual learners in US schools. Lena also has former experience as a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Youth Council, a North Carolina Senate Page, and a Mecklenburg County Board of Elections Assistant. At Dartmouth, Lena plans to major in Quantitiative Social Science and Spanish. Outside of the DPU, she is a member of Sugarplum (a jazz and contemporary dance group) and the Dartmouth Democrats.