Learn more about our 2025-26 Fellows!

Amelia Corner (They/She) hails from a Quaker community in Fairmount, Indiana, and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She recently graduated from Earlham College, where she studied Social Services with minors in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Theatre. She spent her senior year interning at a domestic violence and sexual assault crisis center, supporting survivors through advocacy, support groups, and community outreach. Amelia loves reading, theater, and hanging out with her cat, Elliot. She’s looking forward to spending her QVS year in Philadelphia, volunteering with Historic Fair Hill.

Addi Schwieterman (She/Her) grew up in Colorado where she attended Fort Collins Friends Meeting. She graduated from Colorado College in 2024 with a degree in Mathematical Economics and served as the Vice President of Finance in student government. Following graduation she moved to Oregon and found a community with Portland friends while working in corporate finance. Addi is excited to make the move to Philadelphia and explore her passion for storytelling while serving at Friends Publishing Corporation.

Cayden Learey (They/Them) is a Vermont born playwright, teacher and tree enthusiast. They graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2024 and hope to combine accessible arts programing with community organizing. They will be working with Achievability in West Philly.

Back in 2023, Abigail Lo (they/them) graduated from Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus with a BA in Theatre Performance and Humanitarian Studies, as well as a double minor in Political Science and Peace & Justice Studies. Their education taught them about neocolonialism in the international development sector and ignited their interest in grassroots organizations. Outside of academics, Abigail also worked extensively with Fordham’s Center for Community Engaged Learning — they helped run everything from a pre-orientation community service program for incoming college freshman to a student-run club that organized alternative break programs.

Abigail’s history as a second-generation immigrant inspired them to complete an AmeriCorps year serving full-time with Catholic Charities DC’s Immigration Legal Services department. While Abigail isn’t entirely sure what their future holds, they anticipate going to both graduate and law school at some point — they really like school, and they figure they might as well use that passion for education to help some people.

In their free time, Abigail enjoys watching long Youtube essays on some topic they’ve never heard of, reading one of their many books in an attempt to pare their physical book collection down, traveling and thrifting in some city where they happen to have friends, dancing at a contact improvisation jam, getting yet another tattoo, or going on a meditation retreat. They first attended a semi-silent retreat at 16 years old, and they’ve been on 10 retreats in the 7 years since then. They’re also exploring Plum Village Buddhism, so they might even be a Buddhist by the time this bio is published.

Abigail will be serving with Lansdowne Friends School, and they’re excited to see where their QVS year takes them!