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Obama Foundation Fellowship announces 20 inaugural Fellows
The Obama Foundation in 2017 launched the Obama Foundation Fellowship, with an aim to support “civic innovators” around the world.
People from all over the world “at a ‘tipping point’ stage in their careers” were asked to apply to become fellows.
The successful applicants have been announced – 20 people representing 11 countries.
The 2018 Fellows, with expertise in varying disciplines from technology to the arts, will enjoy hands-on training, resources, and leadership development to help develop their work.
The 2018 fellows include 13 women and 7 men from different ethnicities, and together they will have the opportunity to the Fellowship to take their work to the next level.
Meet there 20 Fellows:
Alex Smith
London, UK / Manchester, UK
Ashley Hanson
Granite Falls, Minnesota / Boulder, Colorado
Celina De Sola
San Salvador, El Salvador
Clarissa Delgado, Makati, Philippines
Dominique Jordan Turner
Chicago, Illinois
Erin Barnes
Brooklyn, New York
Harry Grammer
Los Angeles, California
Kalani Leifer
San Fracisco, California / New York
Keith Wattley
Oakland, California
Koketso Moeti
Johannesburg, South Africa
Melissa Malzkuhn
Washington, DC
Moussa Kondo
Bamako, Mali
Navdeep Kang
Cincinnati, Ohio
Nedgine Paul Deroly
Gonaives, Haiti
Preethi Herman
Delhi, India
Sandor Lederer
Budapest, Hungary
Sasha Fisher
New York / Rwanda
Tiana Epps-Johnson
Chicago Illinois
Veronica Cresin-Palmer
Aurora, Colorado
Zarlasht Halaimzai
London, UK / Greece
