JCLP ’26
Rhyan Orenstein is originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and graduated from Goucher College in Towson, Maryland with a degree in Psychology. Before studying social work she worked at HillelUGA in Athens, Georgia as a Jewish educator and a support person for Jewish college students. She’ll be studying Policy and Political social work. She’s passionate about using social work to drive systemic change through research and education, especially in environmental conservation, animal rights, and drug policy reform. Outside of school and work, she loves reading fantasy and romance novels, being outside, spending time with her three cats (Bean, Fuzz Lightyear and Rigatoni) and multiple reptiles, going to hockey games, horseback riding, volunteering at the Creature Conservancy and fostering through the Humane Society of Huron Valley.