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Rotary Peace Centers students


2004-06 - University of Bradford



Carla Castañeda Jimeno

Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2004-06
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Ottawa, ON, Canada
Sponsor District: 7040
Citizenship: Canada/Guatemala
Languages: English, French, Spanish, basic KiSwahili and Portuguese
City: Ottawa
Country: Canada
Summary: She is a senior policy advisor (security) for the regional policy unit of the Americas bureau at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa, ON, Canada.



Maria Adriana Guimaraes de Baistrocchi

Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2004-06
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of San Juan Capital, Argentina
Sponsor District: 4865
Citizenship: Argentina
Languages: English and Spanish
Applied Field Experience: Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, DC
City: San Juan
Country: Argentina
Summary: She is the headmistress of a primary school, Colegio Inglés Bilingüe, where she is developing a pilot plan on early literacy and teaching for understanding. She also lectures on democracy-building and citizenship at the University of San Juan in the School of Languages and the School of Social Sciences. She owns the Instituto de Idioma del Colegio Inglés where she teaches English as a second language and Spanish as a second language to non-Spanish-speakers.



Dinesh Kumar

Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2004-06
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Chandigargh Midtown, India
Sponsor District: 3080
Citizenship: India
Languages: English, Hindi and Punjabi
City: Melbourne
Country: Australia
Summary: He is pursuing PhD at Monash University in Melbourne, VIC, Australia.



María Aurora Mercadé Novaczyk

Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2004-06
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Nueva Chicago, Argentina
Sponsor District: 4890
Citizenship: Argentina
Languages: Catalan, English, Portuguese, Spanish and basic French
Applied Field Experience: United Nations Department of Political Affairs, Asia Pacific Division, New York
City: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Summary: She is an adviser to the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.



Maki Mizukai

Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2004-06
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Kyoto, Japan
Sponsor District: 2650
Citizenship: Japan
Languages: English, German and Japanese
Applied Field Experience: United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan
Summary: She is finishing her Mphil at the University of Bradford.



Analia Ramos

Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2004-06
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Cordoba, Argentina
Sponsor District: 4815
Citizenship: Argentina
Languages: English, Spanish, basic French and Portuguese
Applied Field Experience: World Food Program, Rome, Italy
City: Khartoum
Country: Sudan
Summary: She is involved in drought and emergency projects in Africa and Latin America under FAO.



Arthur Romano

Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2004-06
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Woodstock, NY, USA
Sponsor District: 7210
Citizenship: USA
Languages: English and Spanish
Applied Field Experience: Independent research on peace education in the USA, India, and Japan
City: Washington, DC
Country: USA
Summary: Arthur is an assistant professor in the conflict analysis and resolution department at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, USA. With another peace fellow, Cherine Badawi, he also facilitates dynamic, experiential diversity workshops for university students around the US. The name of the initiative is "Diversity Matters Now".



Lisa Shebib

Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2004-06
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Vancouver Arbutus, BC, Canada
Sponsor District: 5040
Citizenship: Canada
Languages: English, French and basic Arabic



Nausika Spahia

Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2004-06
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Voghera, Italy
Sponsor District: 2050
Citizenship: Albania
Languages: Albanian, English, French, Italian and basic Spanish



Brigitta von Messling

Rotary Center: University of Bradford
Class: 2004-06
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary Club of Tullahoma, TN, USA
Sponsor District: 6780
Citizenship: Germany
Languages: English, German and Spanish
Applied Field Experience: El Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales (ICCPG), Guatemala
City: Berlin
Country: Germany
Summary: Brigitta is the senior advisor for training and organisational development for the Center for International Peace Operations in Berlin. This organization prepares German personnel to be sent by Germany to work on OSCE, UN and EU peace missions. It is her responsibility to develop trainings and work together with other training institutions to develop common standards for civilian personnel in missions.