Jordan A. Pescrillo '12

One of the youngest alumni to receive the Sol Feinstone Award in University history, Jordan Pescrillo has spent her entire life in service for others, both globally and locally. A global studies major at St. Lawrence with a minor in education, her college activities is a resume founded in service and impact, including Habitat for Humanity, Amnesty International, Literacy for Nepal, and studying abroad in Kenya.

Following her time at St. Lawrence, Jordan served two years in AmeriCorps in public schools and in refugee resettlement. She became the first St. Lawrence University teaching fellow at Minmahaw School in 2014 and helped to forge a strong connection on behalf of her alma mater. Jordan has led community development teaching at Wide Horizons, supporting dozens of youth-led projects on the Thai Burma border and in Myanmar. She organized an international virtual conference for hundreds of educational leaders during Covid, and designed and monitored a youth program for children in Myanmar that supported learning and leadership skills after the military coup in 2021. 

Meanwhile, a native of Buffalo, NY, she has participated in and completed Citizen Planning School and Cooperative Buffalo training. She’s a supporter of Weave News, Clean Air Coalition, and the Buffalo Mutual Aid Network, making an impact both in person and virtually whenever and wherever she can.