2017

2017

REUNION

JUNE 17-19

Have you heard of Superkids? Superkids is an education nonprofit based in Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay, that focuses on literacy and life skills for at-risk youth in rural Paraguay. And do you know who is on the board of Superkids? The jovial Josh Perez! Josh served as a community health volunteer in the Peace Corps in Paraguay from 2018 to 2020. He lived in a rural village called Maria Antonia. During his time as a volunteer, he saw three bridges get built, potable water extended to the last 40 percent of the town, an adult soccer league form, and a municipal guitar and dance school get up and running. He also taught chemistry, physics, English, sex ed, and even Zumba.

While on a trip to Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, Josh ran into the founder of Superkids. Inspired by the organization’s mission, Josh joined as a board secretary and now he serves as the co-president. After his experiences as a teacher and community builder in Paraguay, he is thrilled to support its education system. Check out Superkids’ website to learn howyou can support the organization!

The next wonderful ’17 we have is Kang-Chun “K.C.” Cheng, who has been doing some amazing photojournalism in Nairobi, Kenya. K.C. has been in Nairobi since 2018; she first went to Nairobi to visit Nekesa Masibo. This is K.C.’s first time living in a city (she grew up in New Hampshire), but she has found many communities that make Nairobi feel like home.

As an environmental photojournalist, K.C. researches, reports, writes, and photographs for her own independent stories. Using her background in ecology, she focuses on stories about community-based natural resource management and conflicts between land-use and conservation. She uses photography as a tool to aid the story-telling process and shoot in the documentary fashion.

One of K.C.’s greatest achievements so far is working with Bloomberg Markets on a piece about mangrove restoration on the Kenyan coast. She’s also enjoyed working with Mongabay, Christia?i Science Monitor, and Earth Island Journal. If you’re looking to get prints for your home, office, etc., check out K.C.’s work at https:// kang-chun-cheng.format.com/store. Let’s support this wonderful ’17!

Last but not least, congratulations to Terren Klein for being named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list in the education category. Forbes recognized Terren for his work with College Pulse, which you probably used while at Dartmouth way back when. College Pulse is the leading research and analytics company focused on today’s college students. College Pulse makes it easy to understand undergrad students. At the core of its solution is the American College Student Panel—an online community of more than half a million students from 1,500 universities in all 50 states. College Pulse’s data powers a suite of data products that provide actionable insights to different customer segments (product/marketing teams, academic researchers, and university leaders).

College Pulse has had some outstanding achievements through the years. For instance, its data has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and more. Terren’s favorite part of the job is the people he gets to work with, including Jake Gaba ’16, Carter Bastian, and Robin Jayaswal ’18 (cofounder and chief technology officer). If you work for an organization that cares about college students in any way as a source of talent, consumer group, voter, student, or really in any way, connect your marketing, research, or product teams to College Pulse.

—Dorian J. Allen, 3 Rue Jacquard, 3ieme etage, Lyon France 69004; dorallen2017@gmail.com