Alumni Update:
Yassi is finishing her second year at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Her concentrations are International Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and International Communication. Last summer she interned with both Global Kids and DAI in Washington, DC/Bethesda, MD.
Fellow Bio:
Yassi (Georgetown ‘11) is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service and is from Queens, NY. At Georgetown, she majored in International Politics and also earned a certificate in African Studies. She was actively involved in campus ministry groups such as GU Sisters for Christ and GU Gospel Choir. Yassi has visited Chad and Central African Republic, where her parents are from, and studied abroad at the University of Cape Town in the spring of 2009. While there, she fell in love with the South African people, learned a great deal about the country’s history, politics, and culture and is excited to return and experience a new city as she works with Student Sponsorship Programme in Johannesburg.