Team Members - Kenya

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Mike Burke

  • Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI
  • School: University of Michigan
  • Age: 22
  • Email: burkema@umich.edu

Mike is pursuing both a B.B.A. through the Ross School of Business and a screen arts and cultures degree through the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. He enjoys travel, cooking and pole vaulting. When he grows up, he would like to be a businessman or a teacher.

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Mike Lafond

  • Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
  • School: University of Michigan
  • Age: 21
  • Email: lafond@umich.edu

Mike is a film and television major in his senior year. He has shot several films in Ann Arbor and worked with Students of the World in 2007 in Benin. He loves to travel and make movies. He hopes to make influential movies that will change the way people think about their everyday lives.

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Ange Royall-Kahin

  • Hometown: Kensington, MD
  • School: University of Michigan
  • Age: 20
  • Email: aroyallk@umich.edu

Ange has a dual major concentrating in English and political science. She loves to travel - previous destinations included Uganda, the U.K. and Eastern Europe. In the future, she hopes to pursue a career in international relations or development, with a possible focus on education for women and children. Her interests also include laughing, singing, eating sweets, wandering through museums, exploring and saving the world.

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Shay Spaniola

Shay is an art and design student, and she's a photojournalist and magazine photography editor for the Michigan Daily Newspaper in Ann Arbor. Shay loves observing new cultures through her camera.

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Amber Williams

  • Hometown: Detroit, MI
  • School: University of Michigan
  • Age: 22
  • Email: amberum@umich.edu

Amber dedicates her life to increasing peace and promoting social justice. She aspires to be an English professor, published author and frequent traveler. Through education and creating awareness, she hopes to change the world.

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