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Alumni, College/University Partners, UWC High Schools, Politics & Law, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
Liza Gashi (Kosovo, UWC Costa Rica, Wartburg ’13) who as the Republic of Kosovo’s deputy minister for foreign affairs and diaspora writes, “my key priority is to strengthen the connection between Kosova and its diaspora communities globally.”
Alumni, College/University Partners, UWC High Schools, Technology, Interview/Profile
With a Ph.D. in development economics, Aarti Reddy (India, Li Po Chun UWC of Hong Kong, University of Richmond ’15) is building a career on illuminating and helping to guide changes in the digital economy’s world of work.
Alumni, College/University Partners, UWC High Schools, Education & Research, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
When he was in seventh grade, Cuauhtémoc Cruz Herrera (Mexico, UWC-USA, Macalester ’19) discovered a passion for math—and that kindled a life’s goal “of improving the quantity and quality of educational opportunities for all students,” he writes, “especially public-school students like me.”
Alumni, College/University Partners, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
As she researches China’s green investments in the Middle East for her master’s thesis as a Schwarzman Scholar at China’s Tsinghua University, Aya Al-Shakarchi (Iraq, UWC Robert Bosch College, Concordia ’23) is looking toward the years just ahead.
Alumni, College/University Partners, Education & Research, Technology, Interview/Profile
After graduating from Ringling College in 2016 with a degree in computer animation, Vladimir Stanishevskii (Russia, UWC Adriatic) returned with his family to Ringling to “teach animation with a kind heart.”
Alumni, College/University Partners, UWC High Schools, Education & Research, Interview/Profile
Rojay Robert Bryan (Jamaica, UWC Southeast Asia, Bennington College ’22) chose to matriculate to Bennington because of its open curriculum, and the freedom to design his own path of study. That allowed him to combine his interests in policy, agriculture, and sustainability.
Alumni, College/University Partners, Education & Research, Technology, Interview/Profile
Bertha Tobias (Namibia, UWC Changshu China, Claremont McKenna ’24) aims to earn one degree in sustainability, enterprise, and the environment, and another in water science, policy, and management Ayomikun Ayodeji (Nigeria, UWC Adriatic, MIT ’22) will work toward degrees in energy systems and global governance and diplomacy.
Alumni, College/University Partners, Education & Research, Technology, Interview/Profile
With a Projects for Peace grant in the summer after her sophomore year at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Elitumaini “Eli” Swai ’23 (Tanzania, UWC South East Asia) launched a project in her home country that she named Sayansi Ambassadors.
Alumni, College/University Partners, Education & Research, Interview/Profile
Karen Kemirembe (Uganda, UWC of the Atlantic, Wellesley ’12) serves as assistant director in Penn State’s Office of Foundation Relations, where she focuses on grant writing.
Alumni, College/University Partners, Education & Research, Health & Medicine, Interview/Profile
Francis Poitier (Bahamas, Pearson College UWC, University of Richmond ’14) is working with the World Health Organization to develop a planning tool for maternal, newborn, and adolescent health that can address inequities in reaching vulnerable and marginalized communities at the subdistrict level.
