SFS Stories
Master of Global Human Development Alumni
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Alumni Spotlight: Shea Flynn (GHD’20)
Shea Flynn (GHD’20) joined GHD with five years of experience working in the global public health sector in Togo and Washington, D.C. A few months into her first semester at GHD, Shea began to realize that as more companies transition towards sustainable and equitable business practices, the private sector presents an abundance of exciting opportunities to…
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Welcoming GHD’s Newest Associate Professor
GHD welcomes its newest Associate Professor of the Practice of Development, Dr. Ekin Birol. Dr. Birol is no stranger to GHD. She previously served as an adjunct professor, Capstone Advisor, and Global Social Innovation Lab mentor for 2 years at GHD. “I am honored to have this opportunity to serve GHD students. Their optimism, curiosity…
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Alumni Spotlight: Foluyinka Fakoya (GHD’19)
Prior to joining GHD, Foluyinka Fakoya (GHD’19) worked in the international education field for three years, first as a public school teacher in her home country Nigeria, then at The Education Partnership (TEP) Centre, where she conducted policy research on the Nigerian education system and supported program intervention scale-up. She now serves as an Advocacy Specialist…
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Alumni Spotlight: Advocating Environmental Justice in the Global Community
Brendon Thomas (GHD’15) began his international development career as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Gansu province of rural northwestern China. When he first arrived in 2011, he remembered going down the side of a mountain on a dirt road to reach his village. By the time he left in 2013, a train track to…
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Alumni Spotlight: Engineer Turned Development Practitioner – Rahul Mitra (GHD’15) Reflects on his GHD Experience
With an infrastructure engineering background, Rahul Mitra (GHD’15) approached graduate school with the hope of transitioning into the development sector, after his first-hand work experience with Engineers without Borders and seeing the impact that NGOs such as the Grameen Foundation and BRAC have made in his home country of Bangladesh. In order to break into the development and NGO sector, Rahul…
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Alumni Spotlight: Payne Fellow Jackie Rojas (GHD’19) Reflects on her International Development Journey
From a young age, Jackie Rojas (GHD’19) developed a unique perspective on life in developing countries through hearing her parents’ stories of tumultuous times in Venezuela and El Salvador. These stories, and seeing the challenges faced by her extended family in Venezuela, have always been very present in her mind, and eventually led her to…