Niklas Peters

Alumni Update:

Niklas is currently living in Brooklyn, NY and working at Acumen, a nonprofit that makes long-term debt or equity investments in early-stage companies providing critical goods and services to low-income customers. Niklas has also been working on Acumen’s Business Development and Portfolio Teams since his fellowship ended in 2012.

Fellow Bio:

Niklas (Princeton ‘11) is a Woodrow Wilson School major from Spearfish, South Dakota. At Princeton, he was the President of the Undergraduate Film Organization, a DJ for WPRB, and the Advocacy Chair for the Student Global AIDS Campaign. Niklas is an avid photographer and also enjoys creating electronic music from field recordings. At Princeton, he had the opportunity to study abroad in Havana, Cuba and work for the Solidarity Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Niklas is looking forward to an exciting year in Ghana learning about the cocoa industry and getting to know local farmers.