International / Foundation evening
Wed, Aug 3rd 2016 at 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Maria Wrabel, one of our Global Scholars, will visit the club to tell us our her studies as a scholar before she returns home on the 5th. Her precise topic is: Mobilising humanitarian response: overcoming political and institutional barriers in crisis.
Maria
is currently pursuing an M.Sc. in International Development and
Humanitarian Emergencies at the London School of Economics in England,
as a Rotary Global Grant Scholar.
She was born and raised in a small town in Connecticut, and graduated from Stetson University in 2012 with a B.A. in Global Development Studies. During her time at Stetson, she was in the Honors Program, a Bonner Scholar, president of the Oxfam Club, and the Global Issues Community Organizer at the Center for Community Engagement.
After graduation, Maria moved to southern Vietnam to teach English, volunteer with Heifer Vietnam and Peacework Development Fund, and eat as much Vietnamese food as she possibly could. She then took a two-year fellowship opportunity at the Jessie Ball duPont Fund in Jacksonville, FL, where she managed the Fund's small grants initiatives and conducted research to inform future grantmaking strategies.
In her free time, Maria loves to sing, sample cuisine from around the world, and try new hobbies.
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