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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

Gozel Arazmedova

— Turkmenistan —
Russian & Eastern European Studies

Aung Aung

— Myanmar —
Master in International Development Policy

Pálína Björk Matthíasdóttir

— Iceland —
Master in International Development Policy

Karina Ito

— Brazil —
Department of Political Science

Ana Maria Manuela Mot

— Romania —
Russian & Eastern European Studies

Anabella Palacios

— Argentina —
Department of City and Regional Planning

Aldo Perfetto Alexandrow

— Venezuela —
Master in International Development Policy

Luisa Ryan

— Australia —
School of Media and Journalism

Chad Shipmaker

— Canada —
Master in International Development Policy