Izaiha Ellis Is So Real

January 31, 2025

Izaiha Ellis Is So Real

Alumnus Izaiha Ellis, ’20, was recently profiled by Undergraduate Academic Affairs. Here’s an excerpt:

portrait of Izaiha Ellis
Izaiha Ellis in December of 2024: for Washington, for the world.

“When Ellis received the UW Honors Program application prompts, he felt a connection. ‘I’d never been asked what interdisciplinary thinking meant to me,’ he said. For his essay, he imagined how Macbeth might have avoided his downfall had he read Machiavelli. ‘It was the first time I could express how different fields intersect and influence one another,’ he explained. ‘I realized that if my classes challenged me to think across boundaries, I’d thrive.

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