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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

Laila Abed

— Palestine —
Master in International Development Policy

Patrick Henry Asiñero

— Philippines —
Master in International Development Policy

Jacinta Bailey

— Australia —
Global Studies

Haruna Fukaya

— Japan —
Master in International Development Policy

Gideon Kapalasa

— Malawi —
School of Global Public Health

Paola Saldivias Mendez

— Bolivia —
Global Studies

Aleksandra Zaborowska

— Poland —
Master in International Development Policy