Verenisse Ponce-Soria is a former Early Middle College student and now a senior at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill majoring in Public Policy, concentration in Education Policy, with a double minor in Education and Social and Economic Justice. At UNC-CH, she founded a student organization and ambassador program for Early/Middle College students where she now serves as a Policy Advisor. She also works as a Policy and Program Specialist at LatinxEd, a North Carolina nonprofit that breaks down barriers to educational opportunities for Latinx students.