Five Jamaicans just scored Fulbright scholarships to hit up grad school in America. Daniel Jennings is heading to Rice for environmental science, Elton Johnson wants to study dancehall culture at Florida Atlantic, Dr Shennae Miller is doing public health at Emory and Johns Hopkins, Abigail Williams is getting into Caribbean history research, and Brandon Stewart got tapped for the Humphrey Fellowship to work on tax policy stuff.
The US embassy guy said the whole point is pushing education and merit as ways countries actually get better. Williams wants to build up Jamaica's creative economy when she gets back, and Miller has been grinding through everything from HIV work to disaster response. Stewart spent years dealing with tax admin back home before this.
The Fulbright Program banks on cross-cultural exchange being good for everyone involved.
The US embassy guy said the whole point is pushing education and merit as ways countries actually get better. Williams wants to build up Jamaica's creative economy when she gets back, and Miller has been grinding through everything from HIV work to disaster response. Stewart spent years dealing with tax admin back home before this.
The Fulbright Program banks on cross-cultural exchange being good for everyone involved.
