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Katerina recently graduated from Tufts University with a degree in International Security. As an undergraduate, Katerina worked as a writing tutor, was a member of Tufts Mock Trial and acted as a Green Dot ambassador to improve campus culture around sexual misconduct. She has explored her interest in law, international affairs and intersecting health or environmental issues through work experience at a food-tech start-up, an INGO and the State Department. Through these internships and academic experiences, Katerina has conducted regional conflict analyses, explored the role and limits of nongovernmental peacebuilding and used GIS to explore conflict trends over time. She hopes to attend law school and pursue domestic and international peacebuilding and negotiations. She is excited to complement her academic experiences with practical training at the International Rescue Committee in Nairobi and challenge her current understanding of development and aid work.

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Zoe Kaldor graduated from the University of Denver in 2020 with a bachelor’s in strategic communication and international studies. She was later accepted into the University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies’ dual-degree program where she received her master’s in international development with a certificate in global environmental change and adaptation. While pursuing her graduate degree, Zoe interned with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)’s Office of Public Affairs. Her responsibilities included drafting social media and blog posts, assisting podcast development, and formatting report summaries. After graduating, she began working for Abt Associates as the communications specialist for the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative VectorLink Project. In this role, Zoe wrote success stories, organized webinars for malaria stakeholders, produced short videos, and maintained the project’s website. She is looking forward to communicating about Mpala Research Centre’s work this coming year as a Princeton in Africa fellow.

Urvi, a native of Delhi, India, graduated from Skidmore College with a degree in Environmental Studies & Film. Her choice of major as well as other endeavors are motivated by her desire to make positive contextual change. While at Skidmore, Urvi followed her passion for conservation as a North Woods steward and an environmental educator at the Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park. She used Media as a medium to communicate the importance of these natural ecosystems. In doing so, Urvi discovered her interest in the intersection of storytelling, and conservation. She pursued this new-found passion in Tanzania during her semester abroad, where she better understood the linkages between her theoretical/field experiences and the working world. After her semester abroad, Urvi decided to dive deep into the interconnections between the Sustainable Development Goals. This took her to Washington DC where she interned with the Grameen Foundation, UNICEF, and the Vicente Ferrer Foundation over the summer working on marketing, communication, and grant writing. Preparing for life after college, Urvi will be spending her summer interning at the Rainforest Alliance and Vicente Ferrer foundation before setting off to Kenya. She is excited to apply her skills to creating impactful and effective stories for the BOMA Project in Nanyuki, Kenya.

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Since her fellowship, Ritu has gotten a Master’s Degree in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania, worked in India on a medical device startup, and worked as a scientist at Roche developing new medical diagnostics. She currently works at Stanford University, managing global projects for a medical technology entrepreneurship program. Ritu works with student teams who are developing new medical technology products appropriate for use in the Global South (think low-cost jaundice diagnostic or limb prosthetic). She also conducts and publishes research on medical technology innovation for emerging markets in Asia and Africa.

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Ritu Kamal ‘07 is an electrical engineering major from India with a minor in neuroscience and bioengineering. Ritu will be working with the mothers2mothers program in Cape Town, South Africa. At Princeton, she has been involved in the international center and the religious life council, in addition to spending lots of time in her stem cell lab. She is also very interested in reading and writing philosophy, and in traveling to crazy places. She’s hoping to learn about public health in Africa next year, and to have a fantastic time.

Liv (she/her) was a PiAf Fellow with the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative in Botswana. She now lives in Mauritius, where she leads the Global Learning Experiences department at the African Leadership University, designing and managing immersive programs that connect ALU students with global contexts across the Rwanda and Mauritius campuses. She holds an MPhil in African Studies from the University of Cambridge and a BA in Politics from the University of the South. Livia has worked across Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, and Italy on youth employment, HIV education, and policy research.

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 Max Kaye recently graduated from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he majored in Culture and Politics (CULP) and obtained an African Studies certificate. Max designed his CULP major to look at strengthening state capacity on the African continent. He also closely follows developments in South and Central America and studied during his junior year in Argentina in a program centered on transnationalism and comparative development in South America. Max has a strong interest in philanthropy and has worked in business development at several nonprofits. As the Peace Programs Development intern at The Carter Center in Fall 2022, Max helped develop grant proposals and researched and created presentations related to European and Asian donors. Prior to that, Max was the Development Intern in the Global Economy and Development Program at Brookings Institution, where he supported the grants management and reporting process. Additionally, Max interned at PeaceTech Lab, a nonprofit dedicated to using tech and media to promote peace, and at the Culmore Clinic, a health care clinic for low-income, predominantly Spanish speaking clients. Max was raised in the Washington, D.C. area. During his free time, he loves to connect with friends and family, work out, watch a variety of sports, and read about new international developments.

Alumni Update:

Erin is currently completing a Master’s of Science in Nursing degree.

Fellow Bio:

Erin hails from Chicago, Illinois. While she loves all things Windy City, Erin’s first love is her alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she majored in African Language and Literature and International Studies and minored in African Studies. Erin studied abroad twice: at Trinity College Dublin and at the University of Ghana-Legon. Additionally, she participated in various service projects working with vulnerable populations in Ghana, New Orleans, Rwanda and Nicaragua. At UW, Erin served as a Director and Executive Board Member for an organization dedicated to supporting children and families affected by HIV/AIDS. After graduation, Erin spent two years working in the Development Department of Invisible Children, an organization dedicated to dismantling the Lord’s Resistance Army in Central Africa. At Invisible Children, Erin was involved in everything from corporate partnerships to fundraising to stewardship, and also assisted with donor relations during the Kony 2012 campaign. Prior to her fellowship, Erin served as a Global Health Corps fellow at Kyetume Community Based Health Care Programme in Mukono, Uganda as the Fundraising and Development/ Human Resources Officer. While in Tanzania, Erin is excited to add Swahili to her African language repertoire and put her motorcycle skills to use in Dar es Salaam traffic.

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Stephanie Keene ’08 is an English major and African American studies certificate student from Coral Springs, FL. At Princeton, Stephanie was a member of the JV tennis team, a Mathey RCA, and a Sustained Dialogue Moderator. As an English major, Stephanie’s independent work compared African American literature to Francophone-African literature, and she is very excited to explore West African culture as a fellow in Dakar, Senegal next year.

Colleen graduated from Kenyon College with degrees in Film and English. She was awarded Honors by the college’s Film and Theater Department for electing to complete a thesis project of an original screenplay and television series. She also studied International Film in Wellington, New Zealand. Colleen served on KGD Film’s production staff, working with local small business owners and nonprofits to boost their community presence. She is dedicated to advocating for social justice causes by crafting narratives that position marginalized groups at the forefront of their own stories. She worked for the nonprofit Identifying Dyslexia, documenting dyslexic students’ personal experiences as a tool to raise awareness for education reform. She held an internship in digital media advocacy, where she developed a social media campaign and an oral history project to educate audiences about challenges faced by foster-care children in her home state, New Jersey. A four-year member of Kenyon’s varsity cross country and track team, she enjoys *casual* twelve mile runs, in her free time. As a communications fellow for the Nyaka Aids Orphans Project, Colleen looks forward to blending her creative and humanitarian passions to share the stories of those in the Nyakagyezi village.

Jon was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in Psychology and a Certificate in African Studies. By mixing his a focus on cultural psychology and neuroscience with his affinity for Africa, he hopes to find new solutions to problems facing the continent. After studying African politics and development for two semesters abroad in Cameroon and Paris, France, he could not resist pursuing an African Studies Certificate and honors thesis to continue critical reflection on corruption and NGO accountability in Africa. In Yaoundé, Jon interned with LAGA and Anti-Corruption, creating partnerships between businesses in the community and the city’s population of street children. He worked as a translator and consultant for corruption cases. Recently, Jon has co-founded the Social Innovation in Development Lab that consults with NGO’s and businesses in Africa to promote best practices in the development industry. Jon is a Board Member of School Girls Unite – a student-run activist organization and an avid producer and performer of electronic and rock music