Ethan Wellington was born and raised in Connecticut. He went to middle school and high school at Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy. While in high school, Ethan always had an interest for social studies. He gained a passion to learn about the U.S. political and legal system, particularly after learning about the prison-industrial complex that affects black men. Because of this Ethan chose to major in political science with a concentration of law and society at Clark.
While at Clark Ethan sought to find a community on campus after feeling isolated in his freshman year during the pandemic. He found this community when he joined the Black Student Union. Ethan became Co-President of the Black Student Union where his goal was to build a community for people of color at Clark. He also was involved in other community and cultural organizations at Clark. One of them being the Young Men of Color Group with the Mosakowski Institute where the group was able to go on a yearly retreats gaining financial literacy, mental and physical health skills, and bonded as a group. Ethan was a Connections mentor in the summer of his senior where he mentored incoming freshman of color as they transitioned to Clark, and was involved with the Caribbean Student Association as liaison.
Ethan plans on pursue a career as a lawyer. In his senior year at Clark he was able to intern for Federal Judge Margret Guzman she is also a Clark alumni and her work helped showed him the possibilities of having a career in law. Since graduating in 2024 Ethan is currently a Paralegal for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts. He will be attending law school in the Fall of 2026 to receive a Juris Doctorate.
