…Fellow Bio: Stephen is a Civil and Environmental Engineering major from Sayville, NY. At Princeton, Stephen was an Outdoor Action leader, a first aid instructor, and a member of the Princeton Band. In Kenya, he looks forward to learning Swahili, developing a taste for ugali, and adapting to a rural lifestyle….
Fellow Bio: Sachi is a Molecular Biology major with a certificate in Neuroscience from San Jose, CA. While at Princeton she was an Outdoor Action rock climbing leader and led several groups of freshman on pre-orientation weeklong backpacking and climbing trips. She was also an active member of Princeton Charter Club and a volunteer for Peak Potential where she mentored children with cerebral palsy, using rock climbing as a form of therapy. Throug…
…suing her degree, she captained the club soccer team, volunteered her time with mentally disabled adults in Houston, and studied public health in Copenhagen, Denmark. Through past internships, Marielle has studied Swahili in Kenya, researched family planning in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and built rainwater harvesting systems in Lesotho. Marielle is excited to return to Nairobi to gain experience in the field, brush up on her Swahili, and run the Lewa ha…
Fellow Bio: Mark graduated with degrees in African Studies and Social Policy. While at Northwestern, he held leadership positions on the African Students Association, the Global Engagement Summit, and the Undergraduate Africa Seminar. Off campus, he studied Public Health and Forced Migration at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, and interned with the Refugee Law Project, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, and the Center for Forced Migr…
Fellow Bio: Nastasia is an International Politics major in the School of Foreign Services. Nastasia is from India, but she spent the majority of her childhood in the United States and Switzerland. Nastasia loves art, particularly music and dance, and the way in which it can connect people from all over the world. Through Georgetown, Nastasia interned with the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh which initiated her interest in gender and human rights. She…
Alumni Update: Since her fellowship, Marielle has been job hunting in Boston, MA, looking for positions in international development, specifically in global health programming. While she looks for a position more aligned with her career goals, she is currently working as a Program/Executive Assistant at Funders Together to End Homelessness, a homelessness advocacy non-profit that works to leverage philanthropy’s power, knowledge, and resources to…
…rofinance. 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…
…assachusetts, Sarah has spent the year since graduation working in Washington, DC at Americans for Peace Now. While at Vanderbilt, she studied abroad in Dakar, Senegal, and served as Secretary-General for the 2011 Vanderbilt University Model United Nations Conference. Sarah has completed internships with Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, and the Institute of International Education. During her year in Cotonou, Sarah look…
…team, and served as Vice President of the Public Policy Majors Union. She combined her interests in sports and international development by researching the expansion of sports based youth development programs in African countries. Sarah then spent a summer in Lusaka, Zambia working with the NGO Sport In Action, coaching, teaching and conducting research on HIV/AIDS education. She also studied abroad in Florence, Italy and interned in Washington D…
…g her fellowship, Lillian moved to Dublin, Ireland, where she is currently completing her Master’s in Public Health. Next year, she’ll be returning stateside to start medical school in New York City. Fellow Bio: Lillian is an English and Biology double major from Newtown, Pennsylvania. At Columbia, Lillian was Co-President of GlobeMed, volunteered at Harlem Hospital, and assisted with research on children’s psychological resilience and inner city…
