Most internships are not about getting much accomplished.  Many of my fellow interns her are complaining about how little they’ve done so far, and many of my classmates abroad are two weeks into the job, still waiting for their projects to materialize.  In all honesty it was never my goal to have a big impact over a nine-week period.  I just wanted the perspective that working in a capacity constrained government in Africa would afford.  Turns out I’ve got my work cut out for me, and ...

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I'm just finishing up my first year of a two year master's degree in public administration and international development at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.  Though it has its faults, I feel pretty strongly that it's one of, if not the best, programs in international development out there.

Caveat:  that statement only applies if you are a very quantitative and analytical person (I studied physics and engineering once upon a time).  If you don't like math, I promise you will hate th...
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I've been blogging when I travel for years now, but I felt it was important for me to have a separate blog dedicated to my experience in Liberia this summer.  Though I won't take off for Monrovia for over a month, there's already a lot to say about why i chose this internship, how it fits into my overall career goals, and what exactly I'll be doing there.  Not to mention the people I'm already connecting to and the meetings I'll be having in San Francisco in the coming weeks.  So with that, D...
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