Rebecca Merrifield

Alumni Update:

Rebecca recently finished a Masters in International Development and Management at Lund University in Sweden, and is interested in working in the areas of women’s empowerment, youth leadership, and rural livelihoods.

Fellow Bio:

Becca is from Blairstown, New Jersey and graduated with a degree in Environmental Studies and a minor in Anthropology. While at Davidson, Becca worked for the Office of Sustainability to support new environmental initiatives on campus, and was also a summer Sustainability Scholar and Environmental Justice Intern. She recently studied in India, Senegal, Argentina, and Washington D.C., which allowed her to write a thesis on an urban political ecology of food insecurity. She is passionate about increasing food and environmental literacy among children and adults and hopes to share this while working with the Rwanda School Project. Becca also loves the outdoors and looks forward to running, hiking, and exploring throughout the year in Rwanda.