2019 Payne Fellow – Payne Fellowship

Bemnet Tesfaye immigrated to the United States when she was four from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and was raised in Columbus, Ohio. She completed her B.A. at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) majoring in International and Area Studies with a double...

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Natalie Fiszer

2019 Payne Fellow

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2019 Payne Fellow

Natalie Fiszer

Natalie Fiszer grew up near Chicago, Illinois. Her passion for community service, cultural exchange, and addressing global health disparities led her to complete a degree in International Affairs, with concentrations in international development and global...

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Niesha Ford

2019 Payne Fellow

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2019 Payne Fellow

Niesha Ford

Niesha Ford is a proud native of Hayward, California, and graduated from College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry. Throughout college, Niesha was eager to be active in service, domestically...

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Meklit Gebru

2019 Payne Fellow

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2019 Payne Fellow

Meklit Gebru

Meklit Gebru grew up in Georgia. She majored in International Economics and Modern Languages with a Spanish concentration at Georgia State University. During her undergraduate career, she took courses such as The Herndon’s Human Right Legacy that helped...

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Jessica Hernandez

2019 Payne Fellow

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2019 Payne Fellow

Jessica Hernandez

Jessica Hernandez is from New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2005, she and her family fled their hometown to find refuge from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. This experience showed her that youth are among the most vulnerable during natural and man-made...

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Avani Mooljee

2019 Payne Fellow

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2019 Payne Fellow

Avani Mooljee

Avani Mooljee has always been interested in the connections between countries, largely due to her own experience as an Indian-American who grew up in Zimbabwe. During her eight years at the Harare International School, she was frequently exposed to and...

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Michelle Ngirbabul

2019 Payne Fellow

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2019 Payne Fellow

Michelle Ngirbabul

Michelle Ngirbabul is a proud native of Saipan, the largest island in the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands. She lived on Saipan until she moved to Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa to pursue her undergraduate career as a Gates Millennium...

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Susan Ojukwu

2019 Payne Fellow

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2019 Payne Fellow

Susan Ojukwu

Susan Ojukwu was born and raised in Albany, New York. She graduated from the University of Rochester in 2017 where she was an International Relations and Public Health dual major. Susan served in leadership roles on campus as a Student Alumni Ambassador,...

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Rose Quispe

2019 Payne Fellow

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2019 Payne Fellow

Rose Quispe

Rose Quispe was born in Peru and was raised in Washington, DC. She graduated from Bucknell University in May 2018 with degrees in Economics and French & Francophone Studies. During her undergraduate career, she participated in various international...

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Marianna Smith

2019 Payne Fellow

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2019 Payne Fellow

Marianna Smith

Marianna Smith grew up along Lake Michigan in Ludington, Michigan. Interested in bridging cultural and language barriers to confront global problems, she pursued degrees in intercultural communication and Spanish from Alma College in Michigan. While at...

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