Blaine Lewis-Thompson

is a Rise Pennsylvania Fellow and fourth year student at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania majoring in Philosophy. He was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, and raised in Orlando, Florida. Blaine aims to better the nation through powerful and strategic planning towards advocacy for civil rights, better access for individuals to public and higher education, and availability of economic stability. Blaine loves to write poetry, exercise, and debate with his peers on hot topics in the world.