Alumni Update:

She supports USAID’s Office of Food for Peace, working on the U.S. Policy Team to promote humanitarian assistance in times of conflict and disaster. her work focuses on engaging U.S. policy makers to understand Food for Peace’s impact, and insuring the work can continue.

Fellow Bio:

Caroline graduated from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2014 with concentrations in International Development and Human Rights. She most recently worked as the Research Associate for Global Health, Economics, and Development at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C. In this capacity, she conducted extensive research and analyzed international global health priorities and the changing burden of disease, focusing specifically on the rise of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Prior to this position, Caroline was an economic analysis intern in the Department of Policy and Evaluation at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. In this role, she researched country-specific constraints to growth and analyzed institutional reforms accepted by compact countries. Her work has been published in Health Affairs, Cancer Control 2015, CFR’s The Internationalist, and Columbia University’s Helvidius Journal of Politics and Society. She is excited to continue expanding her passion for development and global health in South Africa, where she’ll be working as an analyst with the Clinton Health Access Initiative.

Fellow Bio:

Carl Owens ’08 is a sociology major from Huntsville, AL. At Princeton, he served as treasurer of the Princeton University Gospel Ensemble, head moderator of Sustained Dialogue, and co-founded the National Black Law Students Association at Princeton. Carl spent his summers working for the Poverty and Race Research Action Council, Princeton University Preparatory Program, and Wits University in Johannesburg. Carl looks forward to returning to Johannesburg for an extended and more substantive stay through his fellowship year.

Alumni Update:

After his fellowship, Byron stayed on with mothers2mothers for another two years. He moved back from Cape Town to New York City, where he got married and started at Rabin Martin, a global health strategy consulting firm. After about a year and a half at the firm, he transitioned onto the Corporate Contributions team at Johnson & Johnson. Funnily enough, in this new role, he manages a mothers2mothers grant and work with Rabin Martin on communications strategies for portfolios. Full circle!

Fellow Bio:

Byron is a comparative literature major from Morris Plains, NJ. After graduation, he had a short stint at a notable fashion magazine, yet spent more than 1.5 years at Bloomberg Finance, LP where he managed a small team in the client services department. Through Princeton, Byron was able to study abroad in Spain and Argentina in addition to volunteer for Child Family Health International in Oaxaca, Mexico. While in Cape Town for his fellowship, Byron looks forward to working at a NGO and tackling many issues that were addressed in his senior thesis in the real world!

Brandon graduated from Swarthmore College with a B.A. in Political Science and Islamic Studies. Brandon can speak modern standard Arabic at an advanced level with working knowledge of the Tunisian Dialect. This past summer Brandon interned at Ubuntu Capital’s office in Kampala, Uganda. As the senior associate of marketing/strategy he was tasked with conducting field research and assuring that the enterprise’s goals aligned with the needs of those it sought to serve. Prior to that, Brandon studied in Tunisia for a semester focusing on post-revolutionary Tunisian civil society. Brandon is a co-founder of The Fanoos Project which seeks to provide undocumented Afghan youth in Tehran with educational and vocational opportunities. This project received over $25,000 in funding through a Project Pericles grant from the Lang Center for Civic and Social engagement at Swarthmore College. Brandon has also interned with the National Security Archives where he helped to compile and analyze documents concerning the relationship between Venezuela and the United States government during the presidency of Hugo Chavez. Brandon is a lover of music who throughout his Swarthmore career was a member of the Swarthmore Wind Ensemble, Swarthmore Gamelan Ensemble, and host of his own radio show.

Arielle Ford graduated from The George Washington University with high honors in 2014 where she received a BA in Sociology. After graduating, she joined CityBridge Education, an organization vested in the creation and redesign of DC public schools that lead with intentional equity. At CityBridge, Arielle worked with teachers and school leaders to bring innovative educational practices to local classrooms and schools. She also facilitated conversations around race and identity with educators, emphasizing the intersection of human centered design and equity. Her commitment to equity work began long before college as she witnessed how disparities in public education adversely impacted the life trajectories of her childhood friends. During her undergraduate years, she was heavily involved with the Multicultural Student Services Center, working to illuminate the stories and needs of students of color on campus, in addition to serving as the Student Association Director of Diversity and Multi-Religious Affairs. She also served as a campus campaign coordinator for Teach for America, where she worked arduously to increase the number of black, Latino, and LGBTQ applicants. Arielle is excited to continue her commitment to educational equity with Equal Education in Johannesburg, South Africa where she will work with students, teachers, and parents striving for equality in South African education.

Anna is a graduate of Georgia State University where she majored in Journalism and Public Relations. Since graduating, she has interned and worked for a variety of nonprofits in the areas of fundraising, development, and special events. She has traveled to Istanbul where she studied international business and media and produced a short film on corporate social responsibility projects in Turkey. Anna was the recipient of Georgia State’s Presidential Scholarship and she spent a semester studying abroad in Limerick, Ireland. In college, Anna was active with Alternative Spring Break where she volunteered with several international non-profits, and she is an active volunteer at a local animal shelter where she tries hard not to bring home every dog she meets.  Anna is excited to travel to South Africa for the first time, explore Cape Town, and learn more about international development and public health.