By Michelle Tong, Office of International Programs on June 4, 2026, 9:17 a.m.

Annalisa Jenkins and Carolina Pardo, both members of the Class of 2027, have been named Udall scholars. They are among 65 students selected from 383 candidates nominated by 181 colleges and universities across the nation. 

The Udall Foundation awards scholarships to college sophomores and juniors who are “committed to careers in the environment, Tribal public policy, or Native health care,” according to the foundation. The scholarship awards funding for academic expenses for a student’s junior or senior year. 

Jenkins, from Baltimore, is a Spanish major with minors in journalism, Latin American studies and environmental studies. Prior to arriving on campus, she participated in the Novogratz Bridge Year Program in Bolivia. At Princeton, she is a research assistant for Justice in View and a project leader with the English as a Second Language (ESL) El Centro program. 

She has received numerous awards including the Kauffmann Fellowship and Banes Family Senior Thesis Award, the Premio Ángel Rama, the Premio Ángel G. Loureiro, and the John C. Bogle ’51 Fellowship in Civic Service. She is a member of Whitman College. 

Pardo, from Oklahoma City, is Choctaw, Caddo and a member of the Chickasaw Nation. She is a philosophy major with a minor in history. Pardo also received a Udall scholarship last year. 

On campus she serves as a review writer for the Princeton Legal Journal, a special collections researcher for the Princeton Writing Center and co-chair for the Center for Career Development’s Peer Career Adviser Program. She is also a fellow for the James Madison Program and co-president of the Princeton Global Indigenous Collective. Pardo is a member of Whitman College.

The Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation was founded by Congress in 1992 as an independent federal agency honoring U.S. Representative Morris Udall and his brother, U.S. Representative and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall, whose careers had a significant impact on Native American self-governance and environmental policy. 

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