Leadership
The YHHAP Board oversees all YHHAP projects, manages our advocacy operations, and fosters the YHHAP volunteer community. Individually, we have each been inspired and humbled by those we serve. Together, we are fiercely committed to improving our New Haven community. We are the Fall 2025 YHHAP Board, and we look forward to seeing you in action soon.
JAEYEE jUNG
Co-director
Jaeyee is a junior in Berkeley College from Raleigh, North Carolina majoring in Neuroscience. In addition to organizing the YHHAP Fast, she plays the violin on campus, serves in Christian Union Lux, volunteers at the Connecticut Hospice, and works in a neuroscience lab. She’s excited to work with all the members of YHHAP this year!
Alison Lee
Co-director
Alison is a junior in Berkeley College majoring in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration from Orange County, California. Outside of YHHAP, she is involved with the Undergraduate Prison Project, the Legal Aid Association, and leads a project on prison policy at the Yale Policy Institute. When she isn't in class, she is desperately trying to find time to read for fun, going on long walks while listening to Men I Trust, or yapping at her friends' suite. Feel free to reach her at alison.lee.al2727@yale.edu!
kATE JOHNSON
yhhap fAST CO-CHAIR
Kate is a junior in Saybrook College from Lake Bluff, Illinois. At Yale she is majoring in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology with a certificate in French! When she is not sending out weekly YHHAP newsletters or managing YHHAP social media, she is volunteering at the HAVEN Free Clinic, helping out at the CHCV, working at a cancer genetics lab at the Yale Medical School, tutoring students in French, or serving on the Sterling Memorial Library Advisory Committee. In her free time she enjoys playing the guitar, going to a hot yoga class, or playing pickleball with her friends! Feel free to contact her at kate.johnson.kn6@yale.edu.
kENISHA MAHAJAN
TREASURER
Kenisha is a junior in Benjamin Franklin College majoring in Ethics, Politics, & Economics from Queens, NY. In addition to YHHAP, she works as a Recruitment Coordinator for Yale’s Admissions Office, is a TA for Directed Studies, leads a public health project for the Yale Policy Institute, and does undergraduate research. In her free time, she loves exploring new coffee shops in New Haven, doing pottery, and picking up a new book. Reach out at kenisha.mahajan@yale.edu.
Isabella Barboza-Rodriguez
YHHAP fast Co-chair
Isabella is a senior in Branford College majoring in History on the Change and Social Movements track. She is from Chicago. Outside of YHHAP, Isabella is involved with Yale Visual Artists and Asterisk*: The Yale Undergraduate Journal of Art and Art History. In her free time, Isabella enjoys drawing, playing video games, collecting postcards, and delving into niche internet rabbit holes.
Jimmy O’CONNELL
membership chair
Jimmy is a sophomore from Kansas City in Timothy Dwight College majoring in History. In addition to serving as Membership Chair with YHHAP, he serves as an Advocacy Coordinator with Dwight Hall and organizes with Yalies4Palestine and the Sumud Coalition. He is passionate about tenant rights, tennis, TD IM Table Tennis, talking with friends, alliterations, and listening to music. Jimmy is extremely excited to be a part of the YHHAP team this year! You can reach him at jimmy.oconnell@yale.edu.