Daniel Cohn

Hailing from Northfield, Ohio, Dan graduated from the University of Rochester in 2012 with a degree in health, behavior & society. He interned with various local public health agencies and nonprofits where he worked on healthy food access, HIV/AIDS testing, syringe exchange, and childhood obesity prevention programs.  He also conducted … Read more

Jarymar Arana

Originally from Brownsville, Texas, Jarymar graduated from St. Edward’s University in 2011 with a degree in environmental science and policy. She interned with the south-central regional office of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where she worked with border community leaders to assess the success of the Border 2012 grant program and … Read more

Elaine Albertson

Elaine grew up in Woodinville, Washington, and graduated from Stanford University in 2012 with B.S. and M.S. degrees in interdisciplinary earth systems science. As an undergraduate she did national-level public opinion research with the Political Psychology Research Group, and through various projects helped map local food systems in both Hawaii … Read more

Gilberto Soria Mendoza

Originally from East Palo Alto, California, Gilberto graduated from UCLA in 2012 with a degree in political science and minors in public policy, urban planning, and labor & workplace studies. Gilberto was a leader in UCLA student government; he served as the Legislative Liaison for the Associated Students and represented … Read more

Matt Styslinger

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Mercy Corps, Dili, Timor-Leste and Jakarta, Indonesia Matt Styslinger spent his field year working with Mercy Corps Indonesia and Mercy Corps Timor-Leste to strengthen monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems and staff capacity around M&E for … Read more

Julie Savane

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Oxfam America, Dakar, Senegal Julie Savane served as a Food Security Policy Advisor at Oxfam America in Dakar, Senegal.  Working on Oxfam’s GROW! campaign, a global effort to establish food justice, she tracked the implementation … Read more

Alissa Pries

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Helen Keller International, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Alissa Pries worked with HKI on the evaluation of the homestead food production program (HFP) in Cambodia. She led operations research to identify the influence of gender relations on … Read more

Amy Ostrander

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Save the Children, Dhaka, Bangladesh Amy worked with Save the Children International on a large-scale nutrition, livelihoods and disaster risk reduction program in rural Bangladesh. As the Research and Evaluation Fellow, Amy was in charge … Read more

Laura Ostenso

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: World Cocoa Foundation, Accra, Ghana Laura Ostenso worked with the World Cocoa Foundation on its signature youth education and livelihoods development project, Empowering Cocoa Households with Opportunities and Education Solutions (ECHOES). ECHOES works in Ghana … Read more

Rachelle C. Olden

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: World Vision International, San Salvador, El Salvador With the Latin American & Caribbean Regional Office (LACRO) of World Vision International, Rachelle worked primarily on the adaptation and implementation of Citizen Voice Action (CVA), a global … Read more

Lucy Myles Billings

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: International Food Policy Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda Lucy Billings provided research support to IFPRI programs and projects based in Uganda. She worked primarily with the Uganda Strategy Support Program (USSP), which partners with the Uganda … Read more

Shanti Kleiman

6th Class, 2011-2013 Field Placement: Mercy Corps, Jijiga, Ethiopia Shanti Kleiman spent her field year with Mercy Corps, an international aid organization founded in 1979 that works to create opportunity in transitional environments affected by complex crises. Shanti worked on the … Read more