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Students at the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center come from all over the world and from all walks of life. Every fellow shares the goal of creating a more peaceful world, but each in their own way and within various divergent disciplines. Read more about the Fellows – their stories, their goals - in their words.

Peace Fellows

Katia de Mello Dantas

— Brazil —
Master in International Development Policy

Ruben Gonzalez Flores

— Panama —
Master in International Development Policy

Sang Hee Jeong

— South Korea —
Master in International Development Policy

Mattias Lindstrom

— Sweden —
Master in International Development Policy

Willan Mendoza

— Bolivia —
Department of City and Regional Planning

Zumrat Salmorbekova

— Kyrgyzstan —
Russian & Eastern European Studies

Pia Simonsen

— Australia —
Master in International Development Policy

Jane Welsh

— Australia —
Department of Anthropology