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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.
Alumni, College/University Partners, Business & Economics, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
Tatenda Dzvimbo (Zimbabwe, UWC in Mostar, University of Oklahoma ’22)currently serves as an associate loan processor with the Housing Assistance Council, a Washington, DC NGO that helps a diverse range of housing developers build new affordable housing in the rural U.S.
Alumni, College/University Partners, Arts & Entertainment, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
After earning a master’s in screenwriting from the London Film School, Nicole Magabo (Uganda, UWC Costa Rica, Northwestern ’13) went back home to Kampala and created Bad Mama Jama Films.
Alumni, College/University Partners, Health & Medicine, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
As a representative of the Sahrawi, the displaced people of Western Sahara, Senia Bachir-Abderahman (Western Sahara, UWC Red Cross Nordic, Mt Holyoke ’10) never takes her work lightly.
Alumni, College/University Partners, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
Menzi Nkambule (Eswatini, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC, Luther ’18) is now Pastor Menzi He graduated from Luther Seminary in spring 2022, and that August he answered a call to lead St Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Alumni, College/University Partners, Business & Economics, Interview/Profile
Having worked in venture capital since graduating from Johns Hopkins, Demi Obayomi ’15 (Nigeria, Pearson College UWC) believes there’s no more exciting career.
Alumni, College/University Partners, Business & Economics, Interview/Profile
Qhen Esteban Arguedas (Costa Rica, UWC-USA, Earlham ’15 5) learned that Airbnb’s OMG! Fund was offering $100,000 for new vacation-home rentals built on uniquely cool designs, he was confident he could develop a winner.
Alumni, College/University Partners, Education & Research, Interview/Profile
Peter Sutoris (Slovakia, UWC Atlantic, Dartmouth ’11 5) is an assistant professor in climate and development at the Sustainability Research Institute of the University of Leeds in the UK
