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Alumni Update:

Stephanie is currently working as the Global Partnerships Manager for Muso, an NGO building and advocating for proactive community health systems. She is based in Bamako, Mali.

Fellow Bio:

Stephanie graduated with a major in Political Science and a minor in Africana Studies, and has been excited about international politics and development since living in Arusha, Tanzania for six years while growing up. Originally from Waterloo, Iowa, Stephanie currently lives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where she is teaching English for university scholarship students, learning Haitian Kreyol and becoming a Capoeirista. While at Vassar, Stephanie was an avid participant in the Model United Nations program as a delegate for both ECOSOC and the International Court of Justice, and was a member of an all-female collaborative theatre ensemble, whose plays dealt with topics from women in conflict to gender and sexuality. While in Rwanda next year, Stephanie hopes to learn Kinyarwandan, cook amazing food and make a return trip to Tanzania.

Alumni Update:

Sarah is now working in the Sustainability Department of Olam International. Her work focuses on making a positive impact for people and communities in their food and agricultural supply chains across Africa. She is based in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire and is often on the road supporting their operations in various countries on the continent.

Fellow Bio:

Sarah graduated with a major in International Affairs, concentrating in International Development, and a minor in Sociocultural Anthropology. During her time at GW, Sarah served as President of Students Helping Honduras and was an active member of Delta Phi Epsilon, a Professional Foreign Service Sorority. She studied abroad in both Uganda and France, and spent time as an intern with Le Conseil de l’Europe, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and with Population Services International, an international public health and social marketing NGO. While in Malawi next year, Sarah looks forward to rededicating herself to international service and learning more about humanitarian aid. She also is very excited to learn some Chichewa, explore the arts scene in Lilongwe and connect with the people and culture in The Warm Heart of Africa.

Originally from London, Ryan graduated with a Masters in Public Health and Bachelors in Economics from the Case Western Reserve University, concentrating in Humanitarian Aid and Global Health.  At Case Western Reserve, Ryan worked as an Emergency Medical Technician for the Case Western Reserve Emergency Medical Service, an organization for which he also served on the executive board as the treasurer and assistant chief.  Ryan also took part in a variety of research projects in chemistry, organizational behavior, and epidemiology and interned with the University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in the Child Health and Policy Division, where his interest in public health originated.  Ryan then went on to work as an intern with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Kuala Lumpur where he researched HIV spread in refugee populations and the impact of testing and treatment as preventative measures.  Ryan also worked at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine as a Teaching Assistant for the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.  Ryan will be the Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow with Population Services International in Johannesburg and hopes to learn more about HIV epidemiology in the region.

Shayla graduated from Princeton University in 2015, with a major in Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures and certificates in Global Health and Health Policy and Latin American Studies. She is interested in sexual and reproductive health as well as public health. During her undergraduate years, she studied abroad in Havana, Cuba and conducted ethnographic thesis research on women’s childbirth experiences in São Paulo, Brazil. She served as a Peer Health Adviser and developed the curriculum for the Safer Sexpo program, a comprehensive safer sex educational program mandatory for first-year students. Outside of her work in health, Shayla facilitated multiple identity-based discussion groups that encouraged students to share their perspectives on issues such as race, gender, and sexuality. After graduating, Shayla worked with UMatter, Princeton University Health Services’ new health and wellbeing initiative focused on active bystander intervention among the campus community. Shayla is thrilled to work in Gaborone, Botswana with Young 1ove, and is looking forward to learning more about public and sexual health. She is very excited to explore all that Botswana and southern Africa has to offer.

Alumni Update:

Jing is currently living in western Kenya, where she is doing a year-long clinical research fellowship. Her work is based around looking for ways to improve malaria diagnosis and treatment at rural government health facilities. This has been Jing’s first time back to Africa since her PiAf fellowship. After this, Jing will be returning to Philadelphia for her final year of medical school.

Fellow Bio:

Jing is a Woodrow Wilson School major from New York City. At Princeton, she was a member of the Tigressions, an all female a cappella group, and the Cap & Gown Club. She is a pre-med student interested in global public health and has interned with the Children’s Hospital of NY as well as the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative in Nassau, Bahamas. Having traveled to Tanzania last summer on a Princeton trip, she is excited to return to Africa for a fellowship with the IRC and hopes her high school French will help her pick up some Krio.

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Lyla Renwick-Archibold is a recent graduate from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in computer science and brain sciences. Through her experiences studying human rights and technology in Amsterdam and interning at a startup in Cape Town, Lyla developed an interest in the misuse of technology and how they affect society. She has continued to pursue this interest by spearheading a research project at the McKelvey School of Engineering about the toxicity of AI chatbots. She is interested in pursuing a law degree and working on developing global regulation to lead to equitable technology development and usage, and is excited to be a fellow working on STEM education in Tanzania.

Alumni Update:

Kate is currently working with the Clinton Health Access Initiative on their Global Vaccines Delivery team, based in Yaounde, Cameroon.

Fellow Bio:

Kate hails from Chicago and graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in 2013, majoring in African Regional Studies with a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies. During her time at Georgetown, Kate studied in Paris, Rwanda, and most recently Ghana, where she spent a semester at the University of Ghana in Legon. She coupled these experiences with work at DC-based development organizations like the Rwandan Embassy, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the Global Environment and Technology Foundation. After graduation, Kate returned to Chicago and began working at the South African Consulate on business and trade development projects. Kate is excited to join the Village Enterprise team in Kenya and Uganda and leave Chicago’s cold weather behind.  She is eager to try new East African dishes and learn how to speak Swahili, while hopefully playing as much soccer as possible and making new friends in the process.

Alumni Update:

After finishing her fellowship with WFP Malawi, Bridget took a position back in the US with Save the Children as a Program Coordinator in the Department of Child Protection and HIV/AIDS in Washington, DC. It’s been interesting going from the WFP-UN culture to the INGO world, but in a refreshing and exciting way. Bridget’s experience in Malawi has been invaluable to her work with Save because she is able to approach her work with the context of program implementation on the ground. While it’s nice to have hot showers again and steady electricity, Bridget is eager to find her way back to Africa.

Fellow Bio:

Bridget majored in Government with a concentration in International Relations and received a certificate in African Studies. She calls the rocky shores of Maine home. While at Smith, Bridget was a student liaison for the Government department, chaired the student curriculum committee, was involved in student government, and played in the orchestra. Throughout her time at Smith she worked as a social-justice community organizer in the Northampton area. She studied abroad in Arusha, Tanzania where she also spent the summer working as a research assistant at the Nyerere Center for Peace Research. She speaks Swahili and is very excited to learn Chichewa, another Bantu language, while working in Malawi next year.

Zara graduated in 2015 from Davidson College where she majored in Political Science and minored in Economics. Her senior honors thesis explored the role of ethno-federal arrangements on economic development in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia. During her time at Davidson, Zara attended the Rift Valley Institute’s Horn of Africa field course in Jinja, Uganda and interned for Spark Microgrants in Musanze, Rwanda, where she created a resource guide for facilitators covering various topics relating to international development. She also spent a semester at Sciences Po in Paris and had the opportunity to travel to Colombia to study the country’s internal conflict. Most recently, she interned for the Children’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch, where she researched child labor issues within mining and cocoa farming sectors in various West African countries.  She is excited to spend the upcoming year working with the African School of Economics and specifically its Institute for Empirical Research in Policy Economy, using her French, and integrating into Beninese culture.