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Angela Rusha

Rusha

Angela Rusha

Organization

Rappaport Center at Boston College Law School

Program

Rappaport Law and Public Policy Fellow

Year

2026

Rappaport Public Policy Fellows spend 10 weeks each summer serving within the highest levels of state and municipal governments in the Greater Boston area. The program includes students from graduate and professional programs at local universities.

Angela Rusha is a 1L at Boston College Law School.Born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, she received her B.A. in English and Political Science at College of the Holy Cross. As a child of immigrants and a first-generation college graduate, she  was motivated to become involved with the Worcester Refugee Assistance Project (WRAP), an organization that provides advocacy and educational opportunities to migrants in Central Massachusetts. At Holy Cross she served as Co-Director of Student Programs for Urban Development, where she led a cohort of students in mentoring recently resettled Afghan and Haitian migrant children at WRAP. Her subsequent work as an ESL teacher and youth program director for WRAP broadened her perspective on the challenges faced by marginalized communities and further ignited her passion for advocacy. Her commitment to public service deepened through her work as an immigration legal intern, where she provided low-income individuals with affordable legal representation.