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Marco Kull, who is half-Swiss and half-Croatian, graduated from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service in 2018 with a degree in International Political Economy and a certificate in Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific Studies. Born in Switzerland, but having spent his childhood living in a number of countries, his studies at Georgetown naturally gravitated towards putting political economy in a global context, eventually focusing on using firm-level data to quantify, compare, and contrast private sector conditions and trajectories across states. During his studies, he spent time working with the Swiss mission to Cuba, as a trainee public markets Portfolio Manager at Bank Julius Baer in Geneva, and as a waiter at restaurants in Peru and Chile; after graduating, he joined UBS’ New York office as an Investment Banking Analyst, where he spent two years working on a variety of M&A and Capital Markets transactions as part of the bank’s Global Consumer Products & Retail coverage team. Fascinated by the ongoing development of private sectors across Africa and the diversity of economic, social, and political opportunity that it presents, Marco’s goal is to build a nuanced understanding of the circumstances and structures shaping that process, and start a career working in and with Africa.

Meital Kupfer graduated in 2017 from the George Washington University with a BA in International Affairs, focusing on International Development.  Meital spent a semester in Kampala, Uganda. During her time in Uganda, Meital spent two months in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement as an Education Intern for Action Africa Help – Uganda. There, she also conducted an independent case study on the structure and quality of Kyangwali’s education system. She has interned for Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro in Washington, D.C., focusing research on paid maternal leave and trade agreements for legislative assistants. She was an Advocacy and Government Relations Intern for the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), tracking congressional legislation, writing memos, and advocating for refugee resettlement in the field of government relations. She was a  Protections Intern at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Washington, D.C. handling asylum seekers’ cases. She was a Virtual Student Foreign Service intern for the USAID Economic Growth office in Kampala, Uganda, proofreading communications and conducting strategic stakeholder analysis on donors.  Lastly, she was an executive board member of the No Lost Generation chapter at GW, a campus initiative partnered with the State Department aimed at providing quality education for refugee youth.  In her free time, Meital enjoys hiking, reading, and going to concerts. She is looking forward to returning to Uganda as a Fellow!

Eli graduated from Temple University with a degree in Media Studies and Production. He is a video producer and editor from Philadelphia. As an undergraduate, he produced his first documentary while studying in South Africa and interned at NBC10 Philadelphia where he won a Mid Atlantic Emmy for editing videos for Generation Addicted, a web series about the heroin epidemic. After graduating, he traveled to Cuba to work on a web series about the Havana hip hop scene and spent six months living in Nicaragua collaborating with indigenous communities producing videos to preserve the endangered languages of the Caribbean region, for which he won a national College Emmy. He also facilitated the first group of study abroad students to visit the indigenous community to participate in language preservation efforts. Eli wants to find new ways to use media as a tool to facilitate inter-cultural education and dialogue. In his free time, he loves producing music and music videos. He speaks Spanish and some Portuguese. While in Kigali, as a Visual Communication Fellow producing videos, written, and social media content with Gardens for Health International, he is excited to try his hand at Kinyarwanda and French.

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Kelly is still at CHAI in Uganda for now (coming up on 2 years), but she’s heading back to the U.S in a couple months to begin a graduate degree in Bioengineering Innovation and Design at Johns Hopkins. She is looking forward to bringing her knowledge of needs identification for essential child medicines and diagnostics to the program, and continuing to pursue systemic change to global health challenges in low-resource settings through strategic private sector initiatives.

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Kelly graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Human Biology, Concentration in Global Health and Development. At Stanford, Kelly did extensive research, communications, and project management work for the Center for Innovation in Global Health and the United Nations Association Film Festival; she also lead afterschool science programming for underserved middle school students, and studied abroad in Cape Town, South Africa and Moscow, Russia. After graduation, Kelly interned with the Clinton Foundation in New York, and now looks forward to working for the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Uganda. She hopes to trek the Rwenzori “Mountains of the Moon” and observe the famous gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. In her free time, Kelly likes to go hiking, take photographs, read and write, and cheer on the Golden State Warriors basketball team.

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Sachi is a Molecular Biology major with a certificate in Neuroscience from San Jose, CA. While at Princeton she was an Outdoor Action rock climbing leader and led several groups of freshman on pre-orientation weeklong backpacking and climbing trips. She was also an active member of Princeton Charter Club and a volunteer for Peak Potential where she mentored children with cerebral palsy, using rock climbing as a form of therapy. Through Princeton she worked in Hyderabad, India at a summer internship with the International Water Management Institute. In Ethiopia next year Sachi looks forward to immersing in the culture, picking up the local language and making countless friendships with her students at her fellowship with Project Mercy.

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Born in Washington D.C., Hilary was a Psychology major and earned a certificate in neuroscience at Princeton University (‘10). Outside of academics, she has worked in a research capacity at Children’s National Medical Center (on duchenne muscular dystrophy and asthma in pediatric patients) and at Princeton’s Neuroscience Institute (most recently on the neural basis underlying mood and cognitive deficits in cancer patients). Hilary also taught English and math to young children in Tanzania for a summer (with Cross Cultural Solutions). For the past four years of college, Hilary served as project coordinator, teacher, and strategic planning team member at Community House, which seeks to close the local minority achievement gap in the town of Princeton.

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 Sinnah Samuella Lamin is a recent Southern New Hampshire University graduate and a tireless advocate for health, specifically focusing on women’s healthcare and its intersection with education. She is steadfast in her belief that education can serve as a powerful tool for empowerment, especially in marginalized communities. Sinnah’s multidimensional background in healthcare management and international development equips her with a unique approach to devise innovative solutions to enduring health challenges. With more than three years of enriching experience in health, education, and entrepreneurship, Sinnah has proven her mettle in program design, project management, and operations. As a Quality Assurance Associate at mDoc Healthcare, she supported a robust team of health coaches to initiate a digital health program that sought to diminish the prevalence of chronic diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. She is also the founder of Caring for Girls – a non-profit initiative that provides vital reproductive health education and services to adolescent girls in Rwanda and Sierra Leone and has made a significant difference in the lives of over 500 girls, fostering their sexual and reproductive health autonomy. Sinnah is currently a Program Analyst Intern at UNICEF’s Education Outcomes Fund and a Research Intern at Doctors Without Borders, working on their “menstrual precariousness assessment” project in Cameroon. These roles augment her passion for the intertwined domains of health and education, which is further demonstrated by her co-organization of an entrepreneurship boot camp and her hand in developing a leadership curriculum for the Future Leadership Academy in China. With a keen interest in public policy and international health, Sinnah’s post-graduation goal is to design and implement large-scale Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) programs in Sierra Leone and across the continent.

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Louise is currently living in Palo Alto, CA, working for the Palo Alto Medical Foundation as a Qualitative Research Analyst and working for Samsung as a User Experience Researcher. She recently completed her PhD in Anthropology and Education from Columbia University, Teachers College.

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 Emily Langlois is a recent graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University where she received a degree in Regional and Comparative Studies with a concentration on East Africa. She grew up in Nairobi, Kenya and is excited to be returning for her work with the International Rescue Committee–Somalia Programme as a PiAf fellow. Prior to this fellowship she has spent time in various NGO and governmental settings in Kenya and Tanzania. This experience led to her burgeoning interest in both journalism and international development, and she hopes to pursue a career in those fields in East Africa. In her free time, she loves to read, write, crochet, and spend time outdoors.