Akila Forde is a rising senior Economics Major with a Mathematics
minor at Howard University from Queens, New York. Akila lived
most of her life on the island of Barbados which exposed her to
the economic disparities that exist among different people,
inciting her passion for the subject. Akila is a member of the
Omicron Delta Epsilon International Economics honor society and
the Howard University Women’s Flag Football Team. Akila
participated in the American Economic Association Summer Program
2016, which influenced her plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Economics.