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Alumni Update:

Devan is still in Boston with her wonderful husband and fellow PiAf-er, David Bartels! They welcomed their second child in later summer of 2019. After being a staff anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital for the last 2 years, she moved to Williamstown, MA, to start working as an anesthesiologist at Berkshire Medical Center. As her family gets a bit older, she is looking forward to engaging more in volunteering abroad including in southern Africa.

Sanjeev graduated from Duke University with a degree in Political Science. His time at Duke was defined by his work in the field of forced migration and human rights. He conducted field research with Iraqi and Syrian refugees in Jordan, led a youth mentoring program for resettled refugees in Durham, North Carolina, and led a project to create an online platform to share data and analysis on global migration. His senior thesis focused on the origins of the Rohingya conflict in Myanmar. Sanjeev has a diverse array of experiences working internationally. He conducted research into war crime trials for the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Serbia, studied the impacts of drought on marginalized populations in rural India for UNDP, and provided legal support to the Statelessness Section at UNHCR headquarters. After graduation, Sanjeev was selected as a Hart Leadership Fellow by Duke and was placed at the Issara Institute in Bangkok, Thailand, where he provided support to a number of research projects focused on eliminating human trafficking and forced labour among migrant workers in global supply chains. He is an avid reader, a complete history nerd, a huge soccer fan and a photography enthusiast. He is looking forward to learning more about working with displaced populations through his time at IRC Tanzania.

Liviya is the Director of Development & Impact at Food4Education, where she leads on all aspects of fundraising and measurement, evaluation, research, and learning. Her experience centers on fundraising for social enterprises, strategy consulting, and qualitative research across East Africa. She is a learner and a do-er by passion and a fundraiser and strategist by training, with interests in African affairs, social impact & entrepreneurship, and constructive US engagement in the world. Liviya is an alumna of the George Washington University, where she graduated with honors in a Bachelor’s degree in international affairs with concentrations in Africa and global public health.

Mary Davis grew up in rural Pennsylvania with her family and an assortment of pets. She is a recent graduate of Princeton University and is driven to improve healthcare access in rural settings, both domestically and internationally. She majored in Molecular Biology, with minors in Global Health and Health Policy as well as Applications of Computing. Her skillset centers around her technological proficiency, experience in scientific research, and work in youth leadership. She has interned at Levolosi Health Center in Arusha, Tanzania, fundraising to purchase a fetal heart monitor and other clinical supplies. Mary also worked as a data science intern on the political campaign of epidemiologist Natalia Linos, managing data describing eligible district voters, directing social media data collection, and leading phone canvassing. For her senior thesis at Princeton, she conducted research in the Donia and Wingreen molecular biology labs at Princeton, employing computer science tools to quantify bacteria’s antiviral defense mechanisms. Following Princeton in Africa, Mary plans to attend Sidney Kimmel Medical School to pursue her medical degree. She enjoys singing, exploring nature with her dogs, and hosting board game nights.

Alumni Update:

Natalie is currently Protection Policy Adviser for the International Committee of the Red Cross.  She is now based at the ICRC’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland after 12 years – including PiAf! – in various overseas assignments.

Elizabeth received her BA in International Studies from American University’s School of International Service, concentrating in International Development and Social Entrepreneurship. Prior to enrollment, she spent a year working with Income Generation Projects, a USAID funded coffee cooperative and a street children’s rehabilitation center in Kigali, Rwanda. Additionally, Elizabeth spent time teaching and assisting with photography journalism at an alternative education primary school in Oaxaca, Mexico. During the Fall of 2014, she studied and worked in Pune, India, specializing in handcraft marketing, export programing and organizational development. During Elizabeth’s time at American University, she held an internship every semester in Washington, D.C. Organizations included the U.S. Department of State, Ashoka, GlobalGiving, Global Ties U.S., Lift DC, and Solimar International. Having previously lived in East Africa for a total of two years, Elizabeth can not wait to make a new home in Nairobi, Kenya.

Fellow Bio:

Annette is a Woodrow Wilson School major with a certificate in Global Health and Health Policy. She is from Annandale, Virginia. While at Princeton, she volunteered as an EMT at the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, led Outdoor Action freshmen pre-orientation hiking trips, and enjoyed playing club, IM, and pick-up basketball. Through Princeton, Annette interned with a non-profit organization in a rural village in the Eastern Cape of South Africa where she did research on pain and palliative care. While in Botswana next year, she looks forward to working closely with those affected by HIV. Moreover, she is excited to learn about a different world and hopes to make Gaborone home with new friends and adventures.

Alumni Update:

Toni is in Toronto, Canada, where she is from, living close to her aging parents and family and friend. She still longs to work abroad again. She is working in human rights in Canada (what Americans call ‘civil rights’) and she is the Director of Human Rights at a major university. She works on issues of discrimination and harassment as well as sexual violence. She is a human rights lawyer. She is also completing her PhD (hopefully this year!) at the University of Toronto and she is looking at interviewing and when we say “Toni is a perfect fit for PiAf!”, what we mean by fit. She is asking “who fits?” and “who doesn’t?”

Fellow Bio:

Libby is a politics major with a focus on international relations. At Princeton, she played squash and tutored in Trenton. She wrote her thesis on the Millennium Challenge Corporation—a new foreign aid agency created by President Bush—exploring the question of politicization of aid disbursement. Libby is spending the summer oyster farming in Duxbury, Massachusetts. She looks forward to working at the Kucetekela Foundation, tutoring Zambian students, and visiting Victoria Falls next year.