Tenzin Gund-Morrow

My name is Tenzin Gund-Morrow, and I'm a junior (Class of 2026) from New York City in Kirkland House currently studying Social Studies and Government. I'm incredibly honored to be serving as this year's President of the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School! Along with the best group of student leaders, I am excited to grow the IOP's international programming, center community conversations about the most pressing and difficult issues of our time, and make public service more financially viable for students.

At the IOP, I have previously served as Co-Chair of the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum and Chair of the Fellows Search Committee, along with maintaining membership in the Harvard Votes Challenge and Politics of Race and Ethnicity Program. Outside of the IOP, I have been a Student Ambassador to the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative, given tours for the Admissions Office and Crimson Key Society, mentored high school students in the Emerging Leaders Program at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, and served on the Editorial Board of the Crimson and Arts Board of the Harvard Advocate. Off campus, I have interned in the Press Office of Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the White House Office of Communications, the Office of New York City Councilman Chi Ossé, the New York Civil Liberties Union, and the Innocence Project. When I get a second to myself, you might find me baking chocolaty sweets, practicing new art forms in the Carpenter Center, or listening to novels all sped up on Audible!