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Conor graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Political Science and a certificate in African Studies. Academically and professionally, he specializes in issues of institutional design and government accountability. Conor has examined these topics closely in his research, including a comparative investigation into East African tax administrations and a senior thesis that tested links between urban protests in South Africa and the responsiveness of municipal officials. In the summer of 2019, he interned at the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, where he supported efforts to develop and expand regional partnerships and transparency initiatives. He is especially passionate about protecting the human rights and dignity of the most vulnerable, having taken part in State Department initiatives to combat human trafficking. Conor is excited to work as a Princeton in Africa fellow with Kaz’O’zah Keza, an organization that provides artisan training and organizational support to communities in Burundi and Uganda.

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Joseph ’10 is a Woodrow Wilson School major from Armonk, NY. At Princeton, he was President of the Slow Food group, directed the Princeton Farm to Fork Project, and served on the Class of 2010 Commencement Committee. Joseph Studied Sustainable development in the Wilson School and wrote his senior thesis on the UN Millennium Villages Project in Malawi. He has traveled throughout Europe and Central America, and is an avid hiker. While in Senegal, Joseph looks forward to discovering Senegalese cuisine, brushing up on his French, and having exciting African adventures

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Alex is currently working for One Acre Fund in Rwanda, using data to make small-scale farmers more prosperous.

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Alexander is an Economics and Government double major with a minor in French from Tucson, AZ. Through Georgetown, he studied abroad in Senegal where he worked with Zidisha Microfinance. He also interned at the Embassy of Burkina Faso and conducted research in Kenya related to financial education, road safety, and maternal health savings. Outside the classroom, Alex served on the student body funding commission, volunteered at a social services center downtown, and led the Georgetown triathlon team as men’s captain. He spent two summers at home in the renewable energy sector and eagerly awaits twelve months of learning Swahili, running the Rift Valley, and better understanding rural poverty with The BOMA Project in northern Kenya.

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Morgan is currently a PhD student at the University of Washington, where he studies how new technologies and urbanization influence the politics of sub-Saharan Africa. 

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Morgan graduated in 2016 from the London School of Economics with an MSc in Global Politics and an emphasis on global health and post-conflict development. Having previously graduated from Colorado College with a BA in Sociology along with minors in African Studies and International Community Development, Morgan has completed a number of research and internship programs in sub-Saharan Africa. Commencing with his study in Rwanda as an undergraduate, Morgan has since conducted academic research throughout west Africa focused on developmental athletic academies and worked in northern Uganda on the development of health and youth livelihoods programs. Morgan has also gained governmental experience developing policy briefings, communications programs and exploring data systems within two UK Shadow Ministries. Alongside these roles, Morgan has worked as an editor and writer for his university’s paper, served as an advisor for two national parliamentary campaigns and supported the IRC as a Health Access and Intensive Case Management Intern. He is an avid backpacker, pick-up soccer player and writer of unintelligible screenplays. Morgan is eager to dedicate himself further to increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of sub-Saharan African healthcare systems as an analyst focused on HIV-prevention for the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) in South Africa.

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After PiAf, Ariel obtained her MD and MMSc in Global Health Delivery from Harvard Medical School. She started an internship in summer 2015 in family medicine at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center.

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Ariel graduated from Princeton in 2005 with a degree from the Woodrow Wilson School and certificates in both African and Latin American studies. Following graduation, Ariel spent two and a half years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, West Africa. Since her return to the U.S. in 2008, she has been doing a pre-med post-bacc and plans to begin medical school in 2010. Ariel loves West Africa and can’t wait to return for her PiAf fellowship.

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Marilyn is currently living and working in Paris, France. She just released an app on sustainable travel called “Quadruple Sustainability Learning + Travel,” which you can check out in the Apple Store and Google Play.

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Liz holds a J.D. from Duke University, with a term at the University of Hong Kong. She currently works as an associate attorney in the Washington DC office of the global law firm, Clifford Chance LLP. Her practice focuses on international project and corporate finance and other cross-border development finance transactions. Liz previously worked at a social change consulting firm where she managed the launch of a new social venture serving communities of color. 

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Liz graduated with degrees in Journalism and African Studies. She is originally from Nairobi, Kenya. While an undergraduate, she did independent studies that focused on topics of wealth disparities in Kenya and Black Economic Empowerment policies in South Africa. She also spent a summer doing research on ICC cases and investigations. Liz interned at TransAfrica Forum, a foreign policy advocacy organization for Africa and the African Diaspora, and at a human rights advocacy organization in Cape Town, South Africa. Liz looks forward to returning to South Africa and learning more about the work of the African Leadership Academy.

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Frankie (Boston College ‘07) graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a minor in Faith, Peace and Justice. Upon graduation he took a job as an accountant with La Jolla Bank in his hometown of San Diego, California. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University in 2010 and was selected to both the university’s international case competition team and its emerging leader program. He served the student body as president of Pepperdine Net Impact, a student club focused on sustainable business practices. In 2011, Frankie completed a Master of Public Administration at the University of Pennsylvania. Next year Frankie plans to use his knowledge of the private and public sectors to help develop infrastructure projects in Uganda.

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Following her fellowship, Eliza headed to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, where she’s working as a consultant for WFP’s Purchase for Progress initiative. The project aims to leverage WFP’s purchasing power to develop farmers’ organizations and allow smallholders to access formal markets; she is primarily working on developing country-level strategy for the post-pilot phase, which starts this year.

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Eliza is originally from Brattleboro, VT and graduated with a degree in Romance Languages and Environmental Studies and a minor in Chemistry. She has a passion for all things food; her senior honors project evaluated food hub development in Vermont and Maine, and her final French project included cooking a 6-course meal for her class. Eliza speaks both French and Italian; last year, she studied abroad in Toulouse, France, and this year she worked as a teaching assistant for introductory Italian students. During her time at Bowdoin, she also co-founded a volunteer group, served on a student grant-making committee, and worked in the study abroad office. Her summers were spent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Portland, Maine, where she worked for water and food-focused non-profits, respectively. In Senegal, Eliza hopes to learn some Wolof and discover the regional cuisine offerings.