Yearly Archives: 2021

  From Diana Campos Quiroz: Shaping my Path as a Peacebuilder Making my dream come true: becoming a liaison for sustainable development Back in 2016, I experienced a meaningful call to follow my dream to become a peacebuilder. I was … Read more

From Nathalia: I DID SIGN UP FOR THIS… I decided to apply to Rotary Peace Fellowship in 2019. The whole program seemed perfectly fit for what I have done and for what I wanted to do in the future. I … Read more

From Alaa: Hope is the Path to Success A couple of years ago I had a dream, a dream to pursue my masters abroad and to be a successful woman advocating for women’s’ rights and freedoms. But as a young … Read more

  Connecting the dots: Innovation for closing social gaps by Diana Quintero Giraldo I am the second generation of a low-income rural family that migrated to the city to increase their opportunities. My family origins have given me a deep … Read more

  From Philile: Why, how, what – the questions shaping my Applied Field Experience and path to impact The Why I was first introduced to the concept of the Why during an Innovation and Entrepreneurship class I took in Spring … Read more

From Larissa:  Remote from Durham, two dream internships! I arrived in Durham, North Carolina in January 2021, one semester after the Master’s Program in International Development Policy (MIDP) had started. During the fall of 2020 I studied from home in … Read more

AFE Reflections from Roei Shaul Hillel, MHPSS Specialist at UNICEF: Background The past year brought many uncertainties and adventures with it. As I have learned in the past year that I would not be able to attend the Duke-UNC Center … Read more