Beverley was a Political Science and French double-major at Wellesley College and is originally from Lagos, Nigeria (by way of London, England). While an undergraduate she interned in Cape Town, South Africa for an NGO promoting discussions around democracy, and also interned at the Research Center of the National Parliament of East Timor. After graduation she went to law school, spending the next three years at George Washington University studying international law and participating in the law school’s international human rights clinic. She loves languages, travel, and food, and can’t wait to learn Amharic, travel throughout Ethiopia and eat lots of injera!

Anu is from San Luis Obispo, California and graduated from Colorado College in 2013 with a degree in Sociology and a minor in Nonviolence. Anu’s primary interests lie in refugee affairs and post-conflict reconciliation. While at Colorado College, she conducted a senior thesis on migrant receptivity in small-town America through a case study of a rural Colorado town experiencing a rapid influx of East African refugees. Anu spent a semester studying post-genocide restoration and peacebuilding in Rwanda and Uganda. While in Rwanda, she carried out an independent study on the relationship between community-based conservation and empowerment in the villages surrounding Volcanoes National Park. She has interned at the National Geographic Society and the African Community Center, a refugee resettlement nonprofit in Denver. Anu currently works at OMNI Institute, a social research nonprofit evaluating grant-funded programs surrounding juvenile justice and behavioral health. While in Ethiopia, Anu is excited to learn some Amharic, participate in Ethiopian traditions, and explore the Bale Mountains, the Simien Mountains, and the numerous surrounding national parks.

Alumni Update:

Anne moved to New York City in July 2018 to work at ideas42, a nonprofit behavioral science design lab. Her work right now primarily focuses on economic mobility in New York City, but they do Africa-based work as well.

Fellow Bio:

Anne (UVA ‘11) graduated with a major in History. She is originally from Long Beach, CA. At UVA, Anne was the president of UVA’s chapter of Invisible Children, worked as a teacher’s aide in a local preschool, and participated in Sustained Dialogue. She studied abroad in Uganda and Rwanda through SIT and interned with Amnesty International in Washington, D.C. Anne is excited about returning to East Africa, learning about the unique history and culture of Ethiopia, attempting to master Amharic, and hopefully getting to travel around Africa.

Alumni Update:

After six transformative years at One Acre Fund, Allie has transitioned to human capital consulting at Ernst & Young. She’s gaining experiences at a wide variety of companies and is learning a lot about leading human resource practices. When not on the road with clients, she is based in Brooklyn.

Fellow Bio:

Allie (Northwestern ’10) is a Social Policy and Gender Studies major from Martinsville, NJ. At Northwestern, she co-directed the Global Engagement Summit, a capacity- building conference for young change-makers from around the world. She has completed a community development project in Gulu, Uganda and researched public housing in Muscat, Oman. Allie has worked at the Clinton Global Initiative University and World Relief. Allie is thrilled to be working in Ethiopia next year and looks forward to learning how to cook Ethiopian food and getting to know the other fellows.