Noa Sadeh, Stevenson Fellow

Noa joined the Community Opportunity Alliance as a Research Fellow from Illinois State University’s Stevenson Center for Applied Community and Economic Development in summer 2026. She is in her second year of the master’s in Sociology. Prior to enrolling at Illinois State, Noa served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mongolia. Her work there was primarily focused on developing curriculums alongside public secondary school counterparts, implementing youth development programs, and supporting rural business collaboration partnerships.

As the Stevenson Fellow, Noa supports our Grounding Values in Research program, assists with field-building research projects, and contributes to resources and events that apply research to community development practice.