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Due to his experience with the public institutions of Brazil, Araujo hopes to improve the public institutions of Brazil, using his work experience to overcome the stigma of social policy within the country and cause social change.

While in Myanmar during a 2013 trip, John Mak witnessed the power of reform which originates in local communities, and he was struck by the commitment shown by the reform agents he met.

The youngest member of the Swedish Prime Minister’s staff, Sassan Akhlaghi was appointed as Political Advisor when he was 26 years old in 2014 after being elected to the City Council of Stockholm.

Ana Cristina Becerra Salas is a Forest Engineer who supports vulnerable populations in her native Peru to pursue an inclusive and sustainable development.

Rahmatullah Hamraz has used his education to find and understand the root causes of intergroup hostility and armed insurgency in Afghanistan, his home country.

For Lan Nguyen, the Obama Foundation Scholars Program offers the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience that will help her strengthen local economic governance in Vietnam, where she worked to shape the Provincial Competitiveness Index.