Diamond Russell

Diamond Russell

2025 SUMMER SCHOLAR

Diamond Russell is a soon-to-be alumna at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she studies educational leadership and minors in social justice, leadership and public service, and human development and family sciences as a Chick Evans Scholar. This upcoming fall, she will be a higher education master’s student at Elon University. Born and raised in Chicago, Diamond has personally experienced the effects of education and social welfare programs and wants to contribute to policies focused on breaking down barriers to quality education for underrepresented communities.