Learners for Haiti
The project “Learners for Haiti” has been developed into one of ACTIVEH’s main programs. Each year, ACTIVEH contacts for-profit and non-profit institutions across Haiti to identify internship opportunities that can allow Haitian college students to gain practical experience to complement their studies. After the pilot phase initiated in summer 2013 where 10 students were placed […]
Anne Martine Augustin
Anne Martine AUGUSTIN is the Co-founder of Action Toward Initiatives and Volunteering for Education in Haiti (ACTIVEH), a nonprofit organization which aims to harness the passion and potential of students as a force of change for Haiti. Dynamic and highly responsible, she received in 2009 a prestigious HELP scholarship to enter the State University where […]
Acesso
Acesso is a non-profit organization with the mission to offer skill-building opportunities for socially or economically vulnerable young people to develop emotional intelligence and cultural intelligence and become changemakers of the present and future.
Susana Machado
Susana Machado is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in International Relations at São Paulo State University (UNESP). Since the age of 13 she takes part in debating events such as the first and second edition of the Harvard Model Congress Latin America. She graduated High School with honors and she attended the Advanced Studies Program […]
Naveed Ahmed
Naveed graduated from University of the Pacific with a degree in Sociology in 2013. Naveed is a native to his local community Stockton, CA. His mission is to promote higher education and advocate for the unprivileged youth in his community. With Stockton being America’s most dangerous city, Naveed is dedicated to implement positive sustainable youth orientated […]
Joshua Lee
Joshua graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science in 2014. He has worked at Pivotal Labs, a software consulting firm based in San Francisco, where he consulted for VMWare and built a front-end interface for CloudFoundry (VMWare’s new Platform as a Service) in Ruby on Rails. While at Harvard, he […]
Tech in the World
oshua Lee and Brandon Liu received their Resolution Fellowships in 2012 for Tech in the World. This venture identifies top computer science students, in both technical talent and leadership capacity, and sends them in teams to develop software software solutions at overseas sites to activate new social entrepreneurs and help meet a sore need for […]
Brandon Liu
Brandon Liu is a Research Fellow at Microsoft Research India in Bangalore. As part of his fellowship, he works on 99DOTS, which uses technology to improve tuberculosis adherence. He completed his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at Harvard University in 2014. As a Marshall Scholar studying in London, he received a Master of Science Degree […]
Ishani Premaratne
Ishani Premaratne graduated from Harvard College in 2015 with a degree in Medical Anthropology and Global Health and Health Policy, and is now pursuing a career in medicine. Previously she has worked under Dr. Paul Farmer, her senior thesis advisor, in Chiapas, Mexico, where she researched patient engagement and supported physicians staffing the local Partners […]
Casimira Karunaratne
Casimira (Casi) was born in London and lived in South Africa until the age of 8, when she moved to Sri Lanka. She was a scholar for academic achievement, prefect, and Senior Athletics Captain at her high school. Casi realized her passion for public service when she volunteered at the Sri Lankan Red Cross in 2004. Additionally, […]
