Posted on May 1, 2009 - by Maria

GPE Bukomero Director Named Boren Scholar

Isabel Callejas, the director of GPE’s Bukomero program in Rwanda, was recently awarded the Boren Scholarship. Isabel, born in Miami and raised in Nicaragua, joined GPE’s team in 2007. She plans to use the scholarship to study Kiswahili in Tanzania. This prestigious scholarship provides unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to add an important language component to their educations. Boren focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study that are both critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad opportunities.

Thus far, GPE alumni include two Truman Scholars, a Rhodes Scholar, and a Boren Scholar among numerous other scholarship and fellowship recipients.