Maya Bhagat

Maya was raised in the Chicagoland area and Mumbai, India. She attended Harvard College and graduated with a joint concentration in History of Science and French, and a minor in Chemistry. She is passionate about education and worked as a peer tutor and with local low-income middle schoolers during college. After graduating, she worked as a language assistant in France and the French Caribbean for two years, teaching French students English, and American and Indian history. Maya is interested in education, socioeconomic inequality, and sustainable energy, and is especially passionate about expanding access to education as a mode of social change. She is a 2025 Rangel Fellow and will work as a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Department of State after her studies at SPIA.