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TEDxVillanovaUStudio presents: Home. This event features a captivating Studio talk by Stephanie Sena. Stephanie is an adjunct professor and an Anti-Poverty Fellow at the Villanova Charles Widger School of Law. She is also the founder and executive director of the Student-Run Emergency Housing Unit of Philadelphia (SREHUP), a non-profit homeless shelter operating since 2011. This event is a TEDxStudio video release.

Villanova University
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Villanova, Pennsylvania, 19085
United States

Stephanie Sena

Professor + Anti-Poverty Fellow

Stephanie Sena is the inaugural Anti-Poverty Fellow and leads the Initiative to End Poverty and Inequality, an interdisciplinary enterprise housed in the Charles Widger School of Law. Her area of expertise is the intersection of poverty, policy and sustainability. Sena is also the founder and executive director of the Student-Run Emergency Housing Unit of Philadelphia (SREHUP), a non-profit community and rehousing center, operating since 2011. The center provides shelter, food, community, legal aid and medical care to individuals experiencing homelessness. Sena's awards include the Villanova University Pohlhaus-Stracciolini Award for Teaching Excellence, for “demonstrating a commitment to the life of the mind and to the well-being of students through teaching that is intellectually stimulating, challenging, and accessible, with efforts extending beyond the classroom,” and the Greater Philadelphia Social Innovators Award for Social Impact in the area of housing and homelessness.