Highlighted – Payne Fellowship

Jeanne Choquehuanca

Jeanne Natalia Choquehuanca has called many places home, but holds Lakeland, Florida especially dear. She was raised to take great pride in her Native American Quechua and Ukrainian heritage, and it ultimately motivates her interest in international...

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Keisha Herbert

2016 Payne Fellow, Highlighted

Keisha Herbert

Keisha Herbert is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and a graduate of Howard University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. After college, Keisha worked for City Hall in Cleveland as a Research Aide, before joining the United States...

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Hoang Bui

2016 Payne Fellow, Highlighted

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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Jesse Okwu

Jesse Okwu

University of Michigan, Masters of Public Policy Jesse Okwu is from Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Knox College where he majored in Anthropology, Sociology, and Economics. During his undergraduate career, he studied abroad in both Tanzania and India....

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Charles Bentley

2018 Payne Fellow, Highlighted

Charles Bentley

Tufts University, The Fletcher School, Masters in Law and Diplomacy Charles “Charlie” Bentley grew up in Springfield, Missouri in a family that struggled to make ends meet. When he was 10 years old, his mother underwent brain surgery to survive...

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Prathibha Juturu