Charnelle Etti

Charnelle is from Yaounde, Cameroon and graduated from Macalester College in May 2015 with degrees in International Studies and Political Science. Charnelle’s key interests are in African development, women’s issues and youth affairs. She left Cameroon at the age of ten and has lived in Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. As the recipient of Macalester’s Chuck Green Fellowship, she partnered with Lutheran Social Service where she developed and implemented a new refugee resettlement program, providing extended case management for new Congolese arrivals to Minnesota. During her junior year she studied abroad in Rwanda where she conducted research on sustainable poverty reduction within female coffee farmers. Charnelle has also worked with Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) in Uganda, focusing on women leadership initiatives. While in Uganda, Charnelle looks forward to returning to her favorite restaurants in Kampala and discovering other parts of East Africa.