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Alumni Update:

Laura is currently a 2nd year veterinary student at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, located in Davis, CA. Last summer, she was able to return to Mpala to conduct research on camel milk quality and production. It was wonderful to return and catch up with many friends from her year in Mpala.

Fellow Bio:

Laura (Middlebury ‘11) is a Biology major from Hinesburg, VT. While at Middlebury she was involved in theatre as a stage manager and set builder. She was also active in the Mountain Club, Quidditch Club, and is an international Quidditch champion. Laura spent six months in South Africa’s Kruger National Park studying abroad with the Organization for Tropical Studies. She is passionate about wildlife and conservation biology. Laura is excited to play soccer, learn Swahili, and once again be surrounded by some of her favorite wildlife while she is in Kenya this year.

India graduated from the University of Southern California with a major in Cognitive Science and minors in International Relations and Consumer Behavior. A New York City native, India got involved in her local Los Angeles community as a mentor and Director of Involvement for Women and Youth Supporting Each Other and as a high school teacher for USC’s Teaching Ethics Program. At USC, she worked as a Research Assistant in the School of International Relations as well as the USC Shoah Foundation. India’s interest in post-conflict reconstruction led her to spend a semester at the University of Cape Town where she studied Politics and Psychology. While she wasn’t in class or exploring Cape Town’s natural wonders, India interned with Enablis, an entrepreneurship NGO. Following her time in South Africa, India worked in Eastern Rwanda, where she facilitated the creation of a grain-storage business with a team of local entrepreneurs. She has further pursued her interests in social enterprise, gender equality, and sustainable development as a Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab scholar and as a StartingBloc Fellow. This year India is looking forward to spending time with BOMA’s entrepreneurs, living on the equator, and learning Swahili!

Alumni Update:

After her PiAf fellowship Hannah worked with Tiyatien Health (now Last Mile Health) as a Global Health Corps fellow in development and communications. She is currently living in Boston and working in Admissions at Northeastern University, where she is also pursuing an MBA with a focus in social entrepreneurship.

Fellow Bio:

Hannah, Middlebury College Class of 2010, is an Independent Scholar in Global Health and Medical Anthropology from North Granby, CT. At Middlebury, she was co-president of GlobeMed, a group that partnered with Africa 2000 Network in Uganda and ran the Global Health Action Network. She also played JV field hockey, volunteered at the John Graham Shelter, and was a Senior Fellow and the Tour Guide Coordinator at the Admissions Office. Through Middlebury, she volunteered with Partners in Health and studied abroad at University College London. While in Cape Town next year, she looks forward to learning more about mothers2mothers, seeing the Big Five and the Penguins, and watching lots of the World Cup!

Fellow Bio:

Jen is a double major in French and International Relations from San Luis Obispo, CA. While at Scripps she played an active role in her campus’ Peace and Justice Coalition and FACE AIDS chapter, and helped organize and coordinate an on campus food rescue program. She studied abroad in Paris and has spent her summers working at The Carter Center and in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the State Department. Jen is really excited about the opportunity to live in a francophone West African country and can’t wait to explore the region and meet new people.

Fellow Bio:

Wenli is a psychology major from Memphis, TN (no, she doesn’t like country music and, alas, they never taught her to read minds). At Princeton, she was a member of Terrace Club, did nothing athletic whatsoever, and earned certificates in both neuroscience and creative writing. She also studied abroad in Melbourne, Australia, for a semester and got to feed a kangaroo. While in Cape Town, Wenli hopes to learn to drive a stick shift on the wrong side of the road, and maybe, just maybe, pet a (small, baby, tamed) lion.

Alumni Update:

After his fellowship, Tim first spent time working for an agricultural start-up company in Kenya, and subsequently worked at a Princeton-based investment bank. He is now in business school at UVA/Darden and looking forward to a summer internship with Cargill.

Fellow Bio:

Tim Callahan graduated from Princeton in 2007 with a degree in sociology. At Princeton, Tim sang for the all-male a cappella group The Princeton Tigertones and played for the varsity squash team. In the year following graduation, Tim worked at The Salisbury School, an all-boys boarding school in western Connecticut, as a math teacher and tutor. Tim is very excited to work in western Tanzania for the International Rescue Committee this coming year.

Alumni Update:

After completing his fellowship, Stuart stayed on with STF for another year before joining UNICEF in late 2010. Stuart has worked with UNICEF since then, living and working in Madagascar, South Sudan, and now Nairobi, Kenya. Stuart works as a member of the global Innovation Unit, supporting country-level design and rollout of innovative programs and products to support the work of UNICEF and partners.

Fellow Bio:

Stuart Campo ’08 is a politics major from Barre, VT. At Princeton, Stuart volunteered with Princeton Young Achievers and was a member of the Ski & Snowboard team. Stuart spent the summer before his senior year interning in Kampala, Uganda, at Straight Talk Foundation, where he will complete his year as a PiAf Fellow. Stuart is particularly excited about learning more about post-conflict redevelopment through his work in Northern Uganda. While in Uganda, Stuart hopes to travel throughout the continent—exploring the diverse range of cultures and taking on the man adventures available.

Alumni Update:

Sangeeta and her husband are proud new parents! Their son, Sebastian, was born on November 10, 2020. He is healthy and growing, and he has the best laugh ever. 

Matilde is an International Affairs MA graduate from George Washington University, with a concentration in International Development and regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Before starting her MA, Matilde volunteered in Livingstone, Zambia, assisting in the care and education of vulnerable children. Matilde has worked with a grassroot non-profit organization in the region of Mbeya, Tanzania, supporting the mobile and outreach health program. In DC, Matilde has worked with the Africa divisions at the International Foundation for Electoral System and at Counterpart International providing crucial administrative and technical support on a different of U.S. government programs on democracy and governance assistance. For her MA coursework, she traveled to Durban, South Africa, to conduct field research on language in primary education policy and practice. Matilde worked with the Center for Global Impact at the International Republican Institute on citizen-centered governance programming. Matilde is committed to explore the nexus between international development and humanitarian assistance as she perceives that the current humanitarian crises will require the work of hybrid professionals that can plan for longer-term development strategies while also knowing how to work in fragile environments. She is looking forward to growing professionally with the International Rescue Committee in Dar es Salaam and to continue learning Kiswahili!

After attending the United World College of Southern Africa in Swaziland to complete his final two years of high school, Willem recently graduated from New York University Abu Dhabi with a major in History and three concentrations in Arabic, African Studies and Political Science. Willem strongly advocates for global education as a tool to increase tolerance and cross-cultural understanding in the world. As a former TEDxNYUAD speaker, Willem gave a talk on the “Importance of Being a(G)local Citizen” in which he advocated for a three-step approach to viewing the world that emphasizes one’s awareness of one’s local surroundings, encourages an active effort to engage with the world and promotes an understanding that we are part of something larger than ourselves. As an intern for the Youth Crime Watch of Liberia, Willem spent a summer interning in Liberia where he worked on women’s empowerment and youth literacy projects. In his sophomore year he acted as the Dialogue and Communications intern at Hedayah, the International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism, in Abu Dhabi. He also interned at the International Law Institute in Washington D.C. during the spring and summer of his junior semester abroad and as a participant in NYU’s honors Global Leadership Scholars program. After his PiAf fellowship, Willem hopes to continue working on issues related to the Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.