Alanna Herbert is a proud New Haven native and 2025 graduate of Common Ground High School. She participated in the Citizens Thinkers Writers summer program at Yale, where her favorite text was Frederick Douglass’s speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July.” She currently attends Skidmore College, where she plans to major in Political Science. Alanna is especially proud of leading a feminine product drive—her community service project for both her Environmental Justice Capstone project in high school—and of her reign as Miss Puerto Rico of Greater New Haven 2024, which addressed period poverty and promoted self-care in her community. In her free time, Alanna enjoys acting and singing, and she’s a passionate Star Wars fan who loves exploring its stories and characters.