Cambria Lewis ’21

Cambria Lewis was born in Plano, TX and has lived in North Texas her entire life. She attended Collin College for her associate’s degree from the fall of 2017 to the spring of 2019.

In the fall of 2019, Cambria transferred to SMU to complete her bachelor’s degree. She graduated from SMU in 2021, finishing her B.A. in Psychology and her minor in Sociology with a concentration in Nonprofit Studies. Her interests include helping and advocating for the homeless, transitional housing, food deserts, nonprofit work in impoverished communities, and social entrepreneurship.

Cambria conducted research for a project in the Hunt Institute called Youth Up Next, specifically focusing on developing the Young Social Innovators and Entrepreneurs Program Toolkit. It focuses on providing underprivileged youth in the Dallas area with resources to build social enterprises by fostering creativity and encouraging social innovation. The toolkit is designed to help student be change agents.

Discussing her project, Cambria says, “The toolkit includes valuable information that is needed to for them to use social entrepreneurship as strategy to make change.”

In her free time, Cambria enjoys volunteering, traveling, playing trivia games, and watching game shows. After graduating from SMU, Cambria has been working as an HR Onboarding Specialist at CROSSMARK.

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To read more about the Hunt Institute’s work to develop future-focused solutions to some of the world’s biggest problems, please click here. For the latest news on the Hunt Institute, follow our social media accounts on LinkedInFacebookand Instagram. We invite you to listen to our Podcast called Sages & Seekers. If you are considering engaging with the institute, you can donate, or sign-up for our newsletter by emailing huntinstitute@smu.edu.

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