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Aurelia

Hello! My name is Aurelia Rappaport and I am an Intensive Sociology/Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies major . I've been working with GIIP for a little over a year now and I recently took on the position of Fellows Coordinator. I am also very excited to be the teaching assistant for GIIP's winter course ... Read More

Brent Peters

My name is Brent Peters, and I am currently a second year student pursuing an individual major at UCSC. My primary focus is on social justice, citizen journalism, and mobile technology. I am working with GIIP to create a web and mobile platform that will organize cases of social injustice, making it impossible for human ... Read More

Carrie

My name is Carrie McKee and I'm a fourth year Politics major with a minor in Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies. I have been a GIIP fellow since early 2010, and my focus is on sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa. I spent six months studying and traveling in West Africa last year, and hope ... Read More

Christina Kliesch

After a harrowing cross country road trip, I settled down in North Carolina where I continue to work for GIIP, volunteer for my local AIDS service organization and herd cats. Graduation Year: 2008 Currently enrolled: Masters Program at Lenoir-Rhyne University Class of 2014 - Masters of Public Health https://www.facebook.com/pages/LenoirRhyne-University/112598678752220

Dillon

Hi, my name is Dillon Draper! I am a Intensive Sociology/GISES major at UCSC and a Fellow of the Global Information Internship Program. I have been working with GIIP for 2 years and facilitate the instruction for the Web Design course in the 30 series. I have also recently returned from my 6 month internship ... Read More

Dmitry Kogan

GIIP was an extraordinary learning experience. I worked with an Indian NGO called Butteflies, in which I taught street and working children computer skills. Afterwards, I worked with Microsoft Research India's Technology for Emerging Markets Research Group. I developed an education research project that sought to understand how good English-language education is in different school ... Read More

Ester Rojas-Garcia

Esther Rojas-Garcia’s first GIIP internship was with United Farm Workers in Watsonville. After facilitating a technology training workshop for International Health Programs Latin America, she interned with the World Bank on a micro-credit project and is now working in the Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit.

Ginger

Hey, my name is Ginger and I am a fourth year Politics major and my social justice issue is LGBTQ Rights and queer youth advocacy. I am currently working on a LGBTQ Outreach Project with a team of about 8 people that aims to inspire and assist youth into higher education. I have been a ... Read More

Harriet

Hi, my name is Harriet Dang and I have been a GIIP fellow for the last year. In GIIP, I primarily focus my time on running education initiatives with our highly active education team. Aside from this task, I also organize various GIIP databases and functions. My primary interest; however, is immigration reform, immigrant education, ... Read More

Jenee

My name is Jenee Young and I am a senior intensive sociology major at UCSC. I have been involved with GIIP for the past year and as a fellow I am responsible for office organization and promotions. My main interest is underrepresented youth and the failings of the California K-12 public education system.

Jon Madden

Jon Madden’s work as GIIP Tech Coordinator led him to design and teach many of the technology classes, as well as work on GIIP-E projects. He is now working as a web developer for the popular site yelp.com. Graduation Year: 2007

Juan C. Sanchez

My name is Juan C. Sanchez and I am a junior computer science major at UCSC. I have been a GIIP Fellow for a year. I have worked as a TA and an instructor for the lab sections that accompany the sociology 30 series course. My main interest is immigrant education and I am a ... Read More

Julio Caso

Julie Caso joined the Center for Multicultural Cooperation of Fresno upon graduation in 2007. Building on the skills she honed in developing the D@PP Summer Tech Institute, (now renamed UC Technology Leadership Institute) she now holds the position of the Director of California Voices, CMC’s statewide after school digital service program. Graduation year: 2007

Jyesha Wren

Aspiring midwife starting UCSF's Master's Nurse Midwifery/ Women's Health Nurse Practitioner program in 2012. Completed a B.A. in Sociology with a research focus in maternal health and reproductive justice. Fellows Project(s): Building ICT Capacity in Reproductive Health Organizations in Ethiopia http://giip.org/building-ict-capacity-in-reproductive-health-organizations-in-ethiopia/

Lucas

My name is Lucas Healy and I am a fifth year GISES major (I'll be graduating in March 2012). My main social justice interests include mobile technologies in international development, specifically mobile health (mHealth). AS part of my GIIP fellowship I am co-teaching a course in mobile development, redesigning the GIIP website, and mentoring a ... Read More

Maira Sutton

International Outreach Coordinator · Oct 2011 to present· San Francisco, California Blogging and monitoring emerging trends and developments in international freedom of expression, privacy, digital consumer rights and innovation, web page content management, home support for the international team, and Internet activism development. Project(s): Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.facebook.com/eff

MaryJane Skjellerup

MaryJane Skjellerup has built upon her GIIP digital video project, Community and Technology Leadership Program and revived the Center for Multicultural Cooperation. Their work empowers Hmong and Latino youth in Fresno by teaching digital media skills to create intergenerational, multicultural documentaries. Graduation Year: 2003

Maura Prendiville

Maura's GIIP internship was for an environmental justice organization in Nicaragua. She went on to earn a law degree from Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley. She is now staff attorney with Legal Aid of Marin.

Miles Reed

Miles Reed led GIIP Tech Labs: Hardware Assembly and Networking. After earning a MA in Education with a concentration in Instructional Design, he now works in Exhibit Development and IT. at San Francisco's Exploratorium In addition, he does contract IT work for non-profit Giant Rabbit, and IT consulting through Open Book Consulting. Graduation Year: 2006

Nadia

My name is Nadia and I'm 4th year Environmental Studies major with a Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies minor. My main focus is on Environmental Justice and the use of social media and video to encourage sustainability on the UCSC campus. I have been a TA for Soc 30A and is part of the ... Read More

Nadya

My name is Nadya Tannous. I am a third-year Anthropology major and GISES minor. I currently work primarily on outreach regarding the GISES minor and promotions. My primary social justice interests entail the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, the Balkans conflict, rights for refugee communities worldwide, women's rights in Latin America, and education.

Natalie

My name is Natalie Ford and I am a senior sociology major and education minor at UCSC. I've been a member of the GIIP community since fall 2010. My main focus in GIIP is education. I am apart of PUEDE and have been working in Watsonville and other surrounding towns with parent computer labs since ... Read More

Randy

Hi, my name is Randy Erik Colón, and I'm studying sociology and Latin American and Latino Studies. The role I play in GIIP has a lot to do with how I entered the university. Coming into it as a transfer student, I had a desire to learn about social change but knew of few resources. ... Read More

Rebecca Wage

Coordinated GIIP and got a AGBU International Scholarship for UK Based Study and is currently studying MSc Migration Studies Candidate at University of Oxford.

Rehan Iftikhar

Rehan Iftikhar worked at a number of NGOs in Africa, Latin America and the U.S., including the National Development Project and the Center for Democracy and Development. His work included developing an online databases for a reproductive health study, upgrading several NGO’s websites and providing computer literacy trainings. He now works as a WiserEarth programmer, ... Read More

Rhys Thom

Rhys Thom served as the project director for Delta Info Initiative, a rural information technology project in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. He earlier interned at the Office of the Ombudsman of Namibia working on human rights and environmental projects. He is currently employed at the World Resources Institute (WRI). As the Program and Communications Coordinator for ... Read More

Sarah

My name is Sarah Mann and I am currently a Senior studying for my B.A. in Politics. As a GIIP Fellow I do mostly design work and publicity, but my main interests lie in impfroving the Guatemalan education system as well as working for more transparency and open governance of extractive industries in South America ... Read More

Sarah Shokair

Hello, my name is Sarah Shokair. I am a third year College Nine student (hurray for International and Global perspectives!). I am an Environmental Studies and Earth Science major with a GISES minor. My area of focus in environmental justice is sustainable agriculture and socio-economic inequalities in food access.

Scott Reed

Scott Reed worked with staff of the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) in Northern Nigeria to train them in modernizing their website, office networking, managing excel databases and content management systems so that CITAD is able to repeat the trainings with the numerous other civil society organizations they serve. He is now the ... Read More

Sienna Thorgusen

My name is Sienna Thorgusen and I am a junior transfer student pursuing a double-major in Intensive Sociology and Feminist Studies. My primary academic interest is the relationship between gender and politics. As a Fellow I am happy to be involved with aspects of publicity, promotions, and the student mentorship program.

Sonia Rios

Hello!! My name is Sonia Rios. I am a third year Anthropology major and Sociology minor from Oakes college. This is my second quarter being involved in GIIP, and I have to say, so far it has been an amazing experience. I was lucky enough to jump right into PUEDE (Promoting Understanding and Empowerment through ... Read More

Thomas Gelder

Hi, my name is Thomas Gelder. I'm a 25 year old transfer student from Marin county. I am a GISES major in my junior year. In the past quarter I've tripled my workload thanks to GIIP and am loving it. I'm interesting in extending education opportunities to disadvantaged and disenfranchised youth. Currently I'm working with ... Read More

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