Rotary Peace Centers students

2008-10 - University of California - Berkeley

Michelle Arevalo-Carpenter

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Named/Endowed: Professor Hayward R. Alker Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Quito, Ecuador
Sponsor District: 4400
Citizenship: Ecuador
Languages: Spanish, English
Applied Field Experience: Summer Research Fellow with the International Accountability Project in New Delhi, India.
City: Geneva
Country: Switzerland
Summary: She is the overseas operations director for Asylum Access in San Francisco.

Daniel Cooney

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Named/Endowed: William and Marilyn Tennity Endowed Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Heretaunga, New Zealand
Sponsor District: 9940
Citizenship: New Zealand
Languages: English, Indonesian, French
Applied Field Experience: Researcher with the Stockholm Environmental Institute in Maldives.
City: Manila
Country: Philippines
Summary: He is based in Manila, working for the Asian Development Bank.

Elias Courson

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Yenagoa, Nigeria
Sponsor District: 9140
Citizenship: Nigeria
Languages: Izon, English
Applied Field Experience: Institute of Policy Studies, Washington, D.C.
City: Oakland
Country: USA
Summary: He is a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography at the University of California-Berkeley.

Alejandra Rueda-Zarate

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Bogota, Colombia
Sponsor District: 4290
Citizenship: Colombia
Languages: Spanish, English, French
Applied Field Experience: E3 Network, San Francisco.
Country: Colombia
Summary: Alejandra started a strategic thinking initiative called Nature, Energy & Society. This initiative looks for a balanced equation between the environmental, social, and economic perspectives, improving the quality of life of people, especially those living in rural areas.

Yawo Tekpa

Rotary Center: University of California - Berkeley
Named/Endowed: Swift Named Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Class: 2008-10
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Visalia, CA, USA
Sponsor District: 5230
Citizenship: Togo
Languages: Ewe, French, English, German
Applied Field Experience: SEEDS Community Resolution Center, San Francisco.