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Jessica Chiriboga

Election Year: 2024

Election Constituency: United States of America

Scholar Status: Scholar Elect

Rhodes Identifier: California, 2024

Jessica Chiriboga

Biography

Jessica Chiriboga, Glendora, is a recent graduate of Dartmouth College where she majored in History (Honors) and minored in Government. As a Stamps Scholar, her undergraduate research on the history of Mexican presence in the San Gabriel Mountains around Los Angeles received the Louis Morton Memorial Prize in American History. At Dartmouth, Jess served as Student Body President, leading student advocacy to bring teletherapy to campus and overseeing the development of a strategic plan for student mental health. She also organized popular events with speakers from across the political spectrum as President of the non-partisan Dartmouth Political Union. Jess was previously an intern at the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, a member of Dartmouth’s three-time national champion Varsity Women's Rugby team, and a trained outdoor trip leader for the Dartmouth Outing Club. Jess is a quadruplet and enjoys backpacking in her spare time. She is reading for an MPhil in History at the University of Oxford. After Oxford, she plans to attend law school and pursue a career in the judiciary.