Clarke Dickens 001
Milken Scholar 2022
Scholar Profile

Clarke Dickens

Biography

Clarke Dickens, salutatorian of Capital City Charter High School, is a Harvard Prize Book recipient, Yale Young Global Scholar Alumna , National Security Language Initiative for Youth Alumna (Arabic), and Washington Urban Debate League National Alumna and Volunteer. Previously served on DC's State Board of Education Student Advisory Council.

Clarke is a QuestBridge Match to the University of Pennsylvania to study criminology with minors in Africana Studies and Turkish. Co-founder of Descendants of Afro-Americans at Penn and board member of the Black Student League at the University of Pennsylvania.


High school:  Capital City Charter High School

Degrees

College Year Degree
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
2026 B.A. Criminology