Catherine Mignone

Catherine Mignone graduated from Harvard College in May 2026 with Honors in the History of Art and Architecture and Government. As the top-ranked student in the Government Department, she earned the Gerda Richard Crosby Prize upon her college graduation. Her senior thesis on the Namibian diamond industry and illicit trading was awarded the 2026 Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize as well as the Claire Martin Fairman History of Art and Architecture Prize. After Harvard, Catherine will work at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation in Washington, DC.