…dy abroad program in Panama. Here she was taught how to formally conduct research. In this program, students had to design their own field projects, collect data and write formal, journal worthy scientific papers all within two weeks. She completed her thesis on prevalence of Angiostrongylus catonensis in Jamaica. This is a parasite in snails that causes eosinophilic meningitis in humans. She modelled the life cycle of this disease, taking into di…
…th a focus on global poverty. In 2013, Meghan participated in a short-term study abroad experience in Uganda, where she studied Global Leadership and Sustainable Development. Meghan also served as the Development Intern for a Global Health non-profit, where she executed their first social media fundraising campaign and headed the official launch dinner in downtown Washington DC. Additionally, Meghan was deeply involved with the University of Maryl…
…s part of Ithaca College’s Martin Luther King Scholar Program to develop a comparative case study on regional disparities in economic development and social mobility. Back in Ithaca, NY, Malcolm served as an English tutor to Guatemalan migrant workers and interned with the Committee on U.S.- Latin American Relations (CUSLAR) at Cornell University. After graduating, Malcolm returned home to Phoenix, Arizona where he managed casework for constituent…
…al Relations and French. While at Tufts he ran the Hip Hop for Social Change Organization, was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity, and played trumpet in a band. In the past, he had the chance to work and study in Cape Town, South Africa and Dakar, Senegal. In Zambia he is looking forward to getting to know new people and a new city, and working with the Kucetekela Foundation scholars….
…munications strategies for portfolios. Full circle! Fellow Bio: Byron is a comparative literature major from Morris Plains, NJ. After graduation, he had a short stint at a notable fashion magazine, yet spent more than 1.5 years at Bloomberg Finance, LP where he managed a small team in the client services department. Through Princeton, Byron was able to study abroad in Spain and Argentina in addition to volunteer for Child Family Health Internation…
…food justice volunteer initiatives through the Center for Social Concern. Abroad, Ryan interned for a summer with the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health and Population Services International in Kigali, Rwanda, spent a semester studying abroad across Kenya, and pursued an independent study of the street food industry in Kisumu, Kenya. Ryan looks forward to picking up some Wolof, traveling through West Africa and exploring Senegalese culture thi…
…nch 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 Senega…
…loped a business model to expand an affordable greenhouse venture to Mozambique and contributed to a published manuscript investigating the integration of entrepreneurial and vocational training. Staci conducted further research in Zambia to identify healthcare pathways and evaluate mobile health projects’ potential to reduce gaps in care. Staci looks forward to a challenging, transformative year with Lwala Community Alliance in Kenya!…
…tal security. He also had the opportunity to work with various sustainable communities in southern Africa during the summer after his study abroad term. Corey also was the sole organizer and designer of a major research project centered on nation of Nauru in the South Pacific. He worked with local government officials in Nauru to analyze the effectiveness of traditional agroforestry systems on the Nauruan economy and explored ways that these syste…
…h Nemours in Delaware. Kelly also performed hospital-based public health research while studying in Chile in 2011. Since graduating, she has been working in domestic health policy analysis and advocacy with the National Coalition on Health Care in Washington, DC. Kelly originally hails from Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, and is humbled by the opportunity to learn from and contribute to Lwala Community Alliance’s amazing work in rural western Kenya….