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University of California San Diego
Deploying mangroves to fight climate change

Deploying mangroves to fight climate change

An estimated one third of the world’s mangrove forests have been destroyed. Two UCSD GPS alumni are taking on the challenge with the Global Mangrove Trust. ...

Seoul National University
Promoting Green Growth in Asia

Promoting Green Growth in Asia

Jin Young is in charge of  a growing portfolio of programs and in -country operations  in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan for the Global Green Growth Institute....

Pennsylvania State University
Rejuvenating Communities in Zimbabwe

Rejuvenating Communities in Zimbabwe

Shingi Mavima was disheartened by the educational inequality in Zimbabwe, but his time at the Penn State School of International Affairs helped him become an author and non-profit founder....

Sciences Po
Giving a Voice to Afghan Women

Giving a Voice to Afghan Women

Inspired by her time at PSIA, Samina Ansari decided to head back to the country of her birth to work in the areas of conflict resolution and women’s rights. ...

University of California San Diego
Alumnus negotiates EU-Mercosul agreement

Alumnus negotiates EU-Mercosul agreement

Rodrigo Serran ’14 forges opportunities for Brazilian economic growth in the EU as part of the largest trade agreement in Brazil’s history...

University of California San Diego
Walking the path to global sustainability

Walking the path to global sustainability

Alumnus Andrés Prieto, MPP ’19, unearths pathways to sustainable land and food systems in Mexico City as part of the United Nations network...

American University
Reuniting Families Across Borders

Reuniting Families Across Borders

Immigration officer Jack Bisase, MA ’15, reunites siblings, children and spouses from the Dominican Republic on US soil....