2016 Payne Fellow – Payne Fellowship

Columbia University, MPA in Development Practice Stephanie Ullrich went to the University of California, Berkeley where she studied Peace and Conflict Studies and Global Poverty and Practice. After graduating, she joined the United Nations Development...

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Brittany Ayana Thomas

2016 Payne Fellow

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2016 Payne Fellow

Brittany Ayana Thomas

Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Masters of Environmental Science MESc. Brittany Ayana Thomas is a resident of Woodbridge, VA. During her undergraduate studies in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Brittany studied abroad...

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Mariela Medina Castellanos

2016 Payne Fellow

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2016 Payne Fellow

Mariela Medina Castellanos

Tufts University, Master of Arts of Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School Mariela Medina Castellanos grew up in Tijuana and after high school, she volunteered as a teacher in an indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico. Her experience growing up in...

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Suegatha Kai-Rennie

2016 Payne Fellow

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2016 Payne Fellow

Suegatha Kai-Rennie

Boston University, Fredrick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. As an immigrant to the U.S. who escaped the gruesome civil war of Liberia, Suegatha Kai-Rennie always felt the sense of responsibility to represent the best of the United States and to be...

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Ellexis Chapman

2016 Payne Fellow

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2016 Payne Fellow

Ellexis Chapman

Johns Hopkins, Paul H. Nitze SAIS: Master of Arts with concentration in International Economics & Conflict Management Ellexis Chapman was raised in Paducah, KY. She is a graduate of Xavier University, where she earned two Bachelor of Arts degrees...

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Hoang Bui

2016 Payne Fellow, Highligted

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2016 Payne Fellow, Highligted

Hoang Bui

Harvard University, Master in Public Policy at the Kennedy School Hoang Bui grew up in Minneapolis after his family fled from Vietnam in 1991. In 2008, he became the first person from his family to enter college. At the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota,...

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Jolisa Brooks

2016 Payne Fellow

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2016 Payne Fellow

Jolisa Brooks

Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Masters of Environmental Science MESc. Jolisa Brooks’ interest in development was cultivated by the gross inequity and cyclical poverty that plagued her beloved city, Detroit, Michigan....

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