Whitney Banyai-Becker

I care most about social injustices. I focus on global development to catalyse positive, social change. I work to foster inclusion and firmly believe that unity in diversity is our strength, an ethos I borrow from an urban social movement I’ve learned a lot from, Muungano wa Wanavijiji.

University of California, Santa Barbara from 2006-2010.
Peace Corps Headquarters from 2010-2013.
Peace Corps Volunteer, Rwanda from 2014-2016.
University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute, Master’s 2018. Recipient of the President’s Doctoral Scholar Award, in the final stages of my doctoral thesis with expected completion in 2025.