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 Sei-kashe M’pfunya is currently a second-year MPP student at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs focused on international development in sub-Saharan Africa. At Jackson, she is particularly interested in learning how to refine current philanthropic strategies in the region to better equip non-profit organizations and foundations to fulfill their goals for social impact. She also looks forward to learning how to leverage the arts and cultural sector for public well-being. At Yale, she is a curatorial assistant at the University Art Gallery and volunteers as a remote consultant for the Urban Culture and Heritage Initiative of Mbare, Zimbabwe. She graduated cum laude from Pomona College in 2021 with a BA in International Relations and Fine Art. While at Pomona, Sei-kashe was a resident assistant, creative director of the African Students Association, and founder of the annual Sanbonani! African Film Festival. Sei-kashe brings experience from non-profit and philanthropic sectors in spheres that include philanthropy (Schmidt Futures), art and culture (New York African Film Festival), STEM education (Ingressive for Good), and women (Global Fund for Women). Sei-kashe’s commitment to bringing about public good within sub-Saharan Africa stems from the promise and vitality she sees in her home country Zimbabwe. Sei-kashe plans to work for development organizations that center on sub-Saharan Africa and is excited to start that journey in Kenya

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Chukwunwike (or CJ) is committed to the development and advancement of Africa. Utilizing his passion for culture, finance, and the power of connection, CJ is eager to examine current infrastructure needs locally with the intention of creating positive life outcomes for citizens. He is a Nigerian-American born in Los Angeles and an alumnus of UCLA where he majored in International Development Studies. After graduating in 2015, CJ joined Northwestern Mutual as a full-time Associate Wealth Management Advisor. He began his tenure with Northwestern Mutual working on a team of two; they have since hired 4 staff to provide additional support to their growing clientele. While leading his own team, CJ supports two other Wealth Management teams in the office through investment operations and staff training. He works diligently with clients to identify their financial needs and focuses on creating solutions to ensure their goals become reality. CJ’s experience with a diverse clientele and strong interpersonal skills drives his team to be contextual & expansive with their financial planning. CJ is passionate about engaging his community outside of the office as well. As a volunteer, he has hosted multiple financial literacy workshops for Black students at both UCLA & USC. Just last year, he started a weekly beach volleyball league where 90% of the participants hadn’t played prior. CJ recognizes that Africa’s existing natural & human resources both serve as the center of its innovation; his ambition and tenacity would be invaluable assets to an organization fueled by this notion.

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Muhannad is a Consultant at Dalberg Advisors with documented knowledge and experience in strategy and program development and organizational reform. At Dalberg, he deploys his analytical skills and organizational acumen to solve complex problems and his communication abilities to create convincing storylines accordingly. Muhannad was engaged in multiple Dalberg projects that tackle development challenges, including improving the UN Mine Action Service’s delivery model, designing a $30M global initiative to empower people with disabilities, and conceiving and executing two events on advancing clean energy in Small Island Developing States and closing the digital divide. He also plays the role of Ombudsperson in the Abu Dhabi office, which entails running pulse surveys, facilitating conversations on well-being, and offering an anonymous channel for team members to flag concerns to leadership. Prior to Dalberg, Muhannad pursued several research opportunities in the field of international development, specifically related to governance, economic development, and sustainability. For example, he worked for one year with Professor Robert Kubinec on studying private sector corruption in developing countries in the Middle East and he completed a sustainability research internship with The UAE Dolphin Project, a non-profit conservation initiative. As part of his studies at New York University Abu Dhabi, and driven by his deep interest in the humanitarian-development nexus, Muhannad published a research paper on the effects of recent refugee influxes on regional economic, social, and labor market indicators in Germany. Hailing from Jordan, Muhannad holds a B.A. degree in Economics and is a native Arabic speaker.

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Lauren’s upbringing in the diverse public school system of Albuquerque, New Mexico sparked her interest in community driven advocacy with a focus on migrant rights and women’s empowerment. From the age of 16, Lauren has engaged these passions internationally as a CBYX student in Berlin and as a Davis scholar at the United World College of Hong Kong. In Berlin, Lauren facilitated youth programming for Syrian refugees at the Malteser Refugee Center. In Hong Kong, she advocated for Indonesian and Filipino migrant workers. Lauren is a recent graduate of Tufts University, where she completed her B.A. in International Relations. During her undergraduate years, Lauren joined the staff at the Refugee and Immigrant Center where she supported fundraising and resettlement, and organized women’s programming for Afghan refugees. She was exposed to African and African American political thought while at Tufts, which has become the focus of her scholar activism. As a Laidlaw Scholar, Lauren conducted independent research on the erasure of African American women’s contributions to scholarship on Africa in the 1960s. She has also explored anticolonial approaches to citizenship in Uganda and Tanzania through her senior honors thesis. Bridging theory with practice, Lauren has interned with World Vision in Nkwanta, Ghana, where she collaborated with international development experts to broaden stakeholder engagement with water, sanitation and hygiene projects. In her free time, Lauren enjoys eating candy and writing poetry.

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 Kristen Tam graduated from UCLA with a degree in environmental science and a minor in food studies. At UCLA, she conducted research under Professor Jennifer Jay in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering analyzing the concentration of heavy metal levels in the soil in LA farms and promoting more sustainable food choices in the dining halls as the UCLA Sustainable Food Task Force’s Undergraduate Representative. Kristen culminated her studies at UCLA as the GIS lead and External Communications Officer in her environmental science senior practicum. Their team partnered with the Cameroon-based nonprofit, Agriculture for Africa, to implement soil testing, GIS mapping, and a solar irrigation system on the nonprofit’s farms in Nkongsamba, Cameroon. She also worked on an organic coffee farm on the Big Island of Hawaii during COVID to get hands-on farming experience. Following that, Kristen moved to North Platte, Nebraska and conducted research, discovering the positive effects on beneficial insect populations from planting native grasslands adjacent to corn fields. From the fields to Capitol Hill, Kristen interned with the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee to engage in how policymaking can affect farmers and sustainable food systems. Following the Princeton in Africa fellowship, she plans to pursue a joint graduate degree in environmental science and law school and pursue a career in sustainable agriculture law. Originally from San Francisco, Kristen enjoys running, road cycling, hiking and baking. Kristen was also President of the UCLA Triathlon Team and organized two Crowdfunding campaigns to send the team to Nationals.

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 Adam is a Diplomacy and International Relations promoter with three years of experience in Marketing and Career Development at an ed-tech startup, BAG, in Rwanda. He completed a bachelor’s degree with Honors in International Business and Trade from the African Leadership University. With his passion in IR he served as the Chief of Staff at the Kigali CFR from 2020 to 2021. Adam founded Rwanda Model UN, an organization that promotes global leadership among youth. As a natural storyteller, Adam leverages the power of social media to immortalize highlight moments in different communities he takes part of. He has been serving as an Assistant Producer at Ramansa Media a film startup and along with his team they have mobilized to raise $30,000 dollars for production funds from GIZ Rwanda. Adam envisions leveraging technology to solve some of the biggest challenges the continent faces. He runs Gazap, as the CEO, a tech startup that addresses climate change and uses big data to provide clean cooking to all.

Fenja Tramsen is a trainee at the EU Delegation to the Holy See, UN Organisations, Order of Malta, and San Marino, based in Rome. Previously, she worked as a Princeton in Africa Fellow at the International Livestock Research Institute in Kenya, where she published agricultural development communications. Her other governance, migration, and development experience includes roles at the Social Science Research Council, the Niskanen Center in the USA, and the Alliance for Social Equity in Ghana. Fenja holds an MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy from the University of Oxford and a BA in Political Science and History with High Honors from Swarthmore College, USA.

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 Hannah was born in Kenya and raised in Zimbabwe, where she developed a passion for public health and youth mentorship while volunteering with children impacted by HIV/AIDS. She is a recent University of Virginia (UVA) graduate who majored in global public health and minored in sociology. Hannah’s commitment to supporting youth in her community motivated her to volunteer at the UVA Children’s Hospital and mentor high schoolers who volunteer with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville. Growing up in Zimbabwe and attending an international school, Hannah valued learning from people of different backgrounds. Therefore, as president of the Global Student Council at UVA, she started roundtable discussions for students of all cultural backgrounds to identify differences and similarities in their UVA experiences. In addition, Hannah led independent research studies as an undergraduate. Most recently, she has continued to support people living with HIV/AIDS by investigating factors to improve access to HIV care at UVA’s Ryan White HIV Clinic. Hannah’s experience with remote Africa-based work solidified her interest in further developing her connection to the region. In 2021, she interned with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) and wrote reports on gender inequality in Zimbabwe and ZimRights’ financing options. That year, she also collaborated on a remote investigation of the best clinical practices at the University of Rwanda’s multidisciplinary pain management clinic. After this fellowship, Hannah intends to pursue a master’s in public health. She aims to increase global access to quality and affordable health care

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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.