On this page we honor past volunteers of NCEF

Olivier works as a management analyst for BearingPoint in Washington DC. He has a B.S.E (Operations Research & Financial Engineering) from Princeton University.
Olivier can be reached at olivier@nepalchildren.org.

Karen has been an educator for last fourteen years. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, GA and a B.S. in Elementary Education from Athens State University in Athens, AL. In her professional life she has been a social worker with the Department of Family and Children Services in Atlanta, GA, working in the inner city with families with dependent children as well as the aged and disabled.

Susan is currently a graduate student in statistics at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. One of her long-standing interests is working to cultivate girls' interest in math and science through programs such as the MIT KEYS program. She holds a B.S. degree in Math from MIT.

Owen is currently doing research on health and education programs in rural, western Kenya, in affiliation with Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, and ICS Africa. During his tenure on the NCEF Board, he was a researcher at the Whitehead Institute, as well as a volunteer for Oxfam America and the Cambridge Public Schools. As a board member, he raised over $1000 for NCEF by running the Boston Marathon. Owen has taught classes on international economics and third world development to students around the country. He was a volunteer for NCEF in the years 2002-2003.

John graduated from MIT in 2001 with a BS in Computer Science. He now resides in Pasadena, California, where he has co-founded a software company. He was a volunteer at NCEF in the years 2002-2003.

Anita holds a Bachelors degree in social work and is currently pursuing a Masters in sociology. Anita has been involved in social work and projects with women and children for over five years.

Bigyan graduated with a Bachelors degree(2003) in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. While in UMASS-Boston, Bigyan served as the student senator for the year 2002/2003.

Chris currently works for The Boeing Company as a Flight Test Engineer and lives in St. Louis, MO. He received his Bachlor of Science Degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993. For nearly three years, he taught physics at St. Xaviers Campus, Maithighar, in Kathmandu, Nepal, as a member of the Jesuit International Volunteers program. During that time, he developed a great affection for the country of Nepal and its people. Although he is not teaching now, he remains interested in the education of disadvantaged children.

Chhitij is an undergraduate student at Yale University planning majoring in Neurobiology and Psychology to pursue a career in medicine. He grew up in Nepal and graduated from a high school in the United States. Having seen the conditions of the Nepalese children, who are unable to obtain the opportunities that he had and have, he would like to assist through any means the flourishing of their potential.

Uttam is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota and is interested in the Economics of Education. He received a B.A. in Economics from Brandeis University in 2002 and Masters from University of Maryland, College Park. His education up to high school was done in Nepal. He has earlier worked for UNDP Nepal, SAWTEE --a local NGO, and as a consultant to Nepal's parliament's Public Accounts Committee.
Uttam can be reached at uttam@nepalchildren.org

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