Hometown: Northampton, MA

Fred A. Jones, Jr., a Latin scholar, graduated with his degree in History at Tufts University.  His extracurricular activities included service as a peer leader, Goddard Chapel monitor, residential assistant, and editorial assistant for the Onyx Black Literary Magazine.  As captain of the Tufts track team, he won the national championship in the triple jump (2006) and earned ten All-American awards during his four years of collegiate competition.  Fred aspires to be a lawyer.
 
During his first summer with the Institute, Fred interned at the Office of Community Service for the Department of Health and Human Services.  In his final summer, he interned at the Washington Scholarship Fund.

Like Bernard, Fred is among 68 students selected from a national competition to participate in this year’s Coro Fellows Program.