Rockaya Ndoye
Open Horizon Fellow

Rockaya Ndoye is an Open Horizon Fellow at Tzedek DC and a 2026 graduate of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law. During her time there, she was selected as a John Paul Stevens Fellow and as a Mark Herzog 2025-2026 Scholarship Recipient. Rockaya held several leadership positions throughout her years as a student, including 2L Representative for the Black Law Student Association, Law Clerk for Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, Themis Bar Student Representative, and Law Student Ambassador for the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section. As a Law Student Ambassador for the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section, Rockaya co-authored a comment commending the Australian Treasury’s ex-ante digital competition proposal to protect banking customers from scams and market dominance.

Rockaya’s work reflects a strong foundation in regulatory and consumer-focused advocacy. Her experience includes conducting investigative research into financial institutions serving DC residents, analyzing consumer product safety concerns with potential public-health implications, studying systemic drivers of medical debt, and analyzing digital marketplace regulations designed to protect consumers in evolving technological environments.