Eliza Warren-Shriner
2013-2014 Fellow with
UN World Food Programme,
Senegal
Bowdoin College Class of 2013
Alumni Update:
Following her fellowship, Eliza headed to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, where she’s working as a consultant for WFP’s Purchase for Progress initiative. The project aims to leverage WFP’s purchasing power to develop farmers’ organizations and allow smallholders to access formal markets; she is primarily working on developing country-level strategy for the post-pilot phase, which starts this year.
Fellow Bio:
Eliza is originally from Brattleboro, VT and graduated with a degree in Romance Languages and Environmental Studies and a minor in Chemistry. She has a passion for all things food; her senior honors project evaluated food hub development in Vermont and Maine, and her final French project included cooking a 6-course meal for her class. Eliza speaks both French 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 Senegal, Eliza hopes to learn some Wolof and discover the regional cuisine offerings.