June 20, 2024–Carrington Hodge / 2023 Winner, Distinguished Young Women Program

Carrington Hodge is a Chancellor’s Scholar and student at Vanderbilt University, where she plans to major in Medicine, Health, & Society, focusing in inequality, intersectionality, and health justice, with minors in Communications and Political Science. She is also a member of the Vanderbilt Dance Team and serves on the executive boards of the MOSAIC Student Recruitment Program and the Black Student Association. Carrington is also the founder of Unmasked: The Simone Project, an educational resource website that serves as a platform for neglected voices, which positioned her as the recipient of the 2022 Princeton Prize in Race Relations Certificate of Merit.