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Jen is a double major in French and International Relations from San Luis Obispo, CA. While at Scripps she played an active role in her campus’ Peace and Justice Coalition and FACE AIDS chapter, and helped organize and coordinate an on campus food rescue program. She studied abroad in Paris and has spent her summers working at The Carter Center and in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the State Department. Jen is really excited about the opportunity to live in a francophone West African country and can’t wait to explore the region and meet new people.

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Wenli is a psychology major from Memphis, TN (no, she doesn’t like country music and, alas, they never taught her to read minds). At Princeton, she was a member of Terrace Club, did nothing athletic whatsoever, and earned certificates in both neuroscience and creative writing. She also studied abroad in Melbourne, Australia, for a semester and got to feed a kangaroo. While in Cape Town, Wenli hopes to learn to drive a stick shift on the wrong side of the road, and maybe, just maybe, pet a (small, baby, tamed) lion.

Alumni Update:

After his fellowship, Tim first spent time working for an agricultural start-up company in Kenya, and subsequently worked at a Princeton-based investment bank. He is now in business school at UVA/Darden and looking forward to a summer internship with Cargill.

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Tim Callahan graduated from Princeton in 2007 with a degree in sociology. At Princeton, Tim sang for the all-male a cappella group The Princeton Tigertones and played for the varsity squash team. In the year following graduation, Tim worked at The Salisbury School, an all-boys boarding school in western Connecticut, as a math teacher and tutor. Tim is very excited to work in western Tanzania for the International Rescue Committee this coming year.

Alumni Update:

After completing his fellowship, Stuart stayed on with STF for another year before joining UNICEF in late 2010. Stuart has worked with UNICEF since then, living and working in Madagascar, South Sudan, and now Nairobi, Kenya. Stuart works as a member of the global Innovation Unit, supporting country-level design and rollout of innovative programs and products to support the work of UNICEF and partners.

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Stuart Campo ’08 is a politics major from Barre, VT. At Princeton, Stuart volunteered with Princeton Young Achievers and was a member of the Ski & Snowboard team. Stuart spent the summer before his senior year interning in Kampala, Uganda, at Straight Talk Foundation, where he will complete his year as a PiAf Fellow. Stuart is particularly excited about learning more about post-conflict redevelopment through his work in Northern Uganda. While in Uganda, Stuart hopes to travel throughout the continent—exploring the diverse range of cultures and taking on the man adventures available.

Alumni Update:

Sangeeta and her husband are proud new parents! Their son, Sebastian, was born on November 10, 2020. He is healthy and growing, and he has the best laugh ever. 

Matilde is an International Affairs MA graduate from George Washington University, with a concentration in International Development and regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Before starting her MA, Matilde volunteered in Livingstone, Zambia, assisting in the care and education of vulnerable children. Matilde has worked with a grassroot non-profit organization in the region of Mbeya, Tanzania, supporting the mobile and outreach health program. In DC, Matilde has worked with the Africa divisions at the International Foundation for Electoral System and at Counterpart International providing crucial administrative and technical support on a different of U.S. government programs on democracy and governance assistance. For her MA coursework, she traveled to Durban, South Africa, to conduct field research on language in primary education policy and practice. Matilde worked with the Center for Global Impact at the International Republican Institute on citizen-centered governance programming. Matilde is committed to explore the nexus between international development and humanitarian assistance as she perceives that the current humanitarian crises will require the work of hybrid professionals that can plan for longer-term development strategies while also knowing how to work in fragile environments. She is looking forward to growing professionally with the International Rescue Committee in Dar es Salaam and to continue learning Kiswahili!

After attending the United World College of Southern Africa in Swaziland to complete his final two years of high school, Willem recently graduated from New York University Abu Dhabi with a major in History and three concentrations in Arabic, African Studies and Political Science. Willem strongly advocates for global education as a tool to increase tolerance and cross-cultural understanding in the world. As a former TEDxNYUAD speaker, Willem gave a talk on the “Importance of Being a(G)local Citizen” in which he advocated for a three-step approach to viewing the world that emphasizes one’s awareness of one’s local surroundings, encourages an active effort to engage with the world and promotes an understanding that we are part of something larger than ourselves. As an intern for the Youth Crime Watch of Liberia, Willem spent a summer interning in Liberia where he worked on women’s empowerment and youth literacy projects. In his sophomore year he acted as the Dialogue and Communications intern at Hedayah, the International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism, in Abu Dhabi. He also interned at the International Law Institute in Washington D.C. during the spring and summer of his junior semester abroad and as a participant in NYU’s honors Global Leadership Scholars program. After his PiAf fellowship, Willem hopes to continue working on issues related to the Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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David Cape ‘07 is a history major from Vancouver, Canada. He will be working at the Baylor/BMS clinic in Maseru, Lesotho. His position, which the organization defines very flexibly, will include HIV/AIDS education and outreach in and around the capital. At Princeton, David rowed for lightweight crew, took pre-med. courses, and studied ancient Greek. He is applying to medical school to begin (he hopes) in 2008.

Alumni Update:

Deborah is currently the Head of Data & Analytics at FirstWave Group in Lusaka, Zambia, where she is responsible for building a highly analytical team working to create visibility into the operational data of three group companies, most notably Yalelo Zambia. 

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Deborah, a native of Florida, graduated from American University with an MA in International Economic Relations. In high school, she spent a summer in Zambia, which led her to pursue a BA in International Studies and minor in Economics at AU. Following her freshman year, Deborah interned with ZAYEDESA in Zanzibar, Tanzania. In this role, she broadened the organization’s online presence and deepened her interest in East Africa and Swahili studies. She was granted a Boren Scholarship to learn Swahili from 2015-2016, for which she spent the fall immersed in language courses in Arusha, Tanzania and spring interning with Yawezekana SACCO in Nairobi, Kenya. In this role, she interviewed SACCO members in Swahili, recorded their stories, and identified common challenges. While in graduate school, she was a consultant with Creative Associates International and a Program Assistant in the Africa Program at the Wilson Center. Deborah is a proud AmeriCorps alumna and served as AU’s Undergraduate Commencement Speaker in 2017. As a Strategic Analyst with Spark MicroGrants in Musanze, Rwanda, Deborah is excited to learn from communities driving their own economic development and work on data projects that support Spark’s community-driven work.

Elliot is from Vashon Island, Washington and recently graduated from Whitman College with a degree in economics. At Whitman, Elliot developed an interest in the intersection between economics and the environment, which guided him toward a diverse range of professional experiences. After his sophomore year, Elliot worked as a portfolio manager with Business Impact NW in Seattle, Washington, where he helped to increase the availability of financial services within economically marginalized communities across the Pacific Northwest. Following this experience, Elliot worked as a research assistant with Earth Economics in Tacoma, Washington. In this role, he co-authored a paper analyzing the complex relationship between disaster recovery, displacement, and economic insecurity in Puerto Rico and researched hurricane mitigation techniques, such as agroforestry and coastal ecosystem regeneration. These will not only improve Puerto Rico’s environmental resilience to future natural disasters but also the economic resilience of Puerto Rican communities. This project solidified Elliot’s understanding of the intricate connections between environmental sustainability and economic prosperity, and it fueled his desire to unlock sustainable avenues toward economic development. Inspired by the unique opportunities for sustainable development across Africa, Elliot is excited to continue working at the intersection of economics and the environment as a Fellow with the International Livestock Research Institute, a research center that works to improve food security and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for efficient, safe, and sustainable use of livestock.