Global Scholar Updates 2024-25

            
                        Victoria Thomaides                              Giancarlo Castro                         Isabel DeVito
District 7475 is proud to introduce our 3 Global Scholars for the year 2024-25.  Thank you to district Rotarians for their generous gifts to The Rotary Foundation to make these global scholarships available to our future leaders.  Each scholarship is for $30,000 for one year of Master’s Program outside the USA and the students courses must be aligned with one of the Rotary’s 7 Areas of Focus. This program requires active participation by the sponsoring Rotary Clubs in our District and the host country.  Click Read More for Global Scholar bios.
 Victoria Thomaides Highlights
  • Resident of Berkeley Heights, NJ
  • High School graduate from The Governor Livingston High School, NJ and Bachelor’s Degree from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC.
  • Sponsoring Club: The Rotary Club of Berkeley Heights, NJMaster’s Program in International Security at the Paris School of International Affairs, France
  • Rotary Area of Focus: Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention
  • Career Objectives: Work for organizations which identify local partners, mobilize funding and build capacities in the field of conflict prevention and particularly those which incorporate a focus on climate which is proving to be a critical source of instability.
Giancarlo Castro Highlights
  • Resident of Scotch Plains, NJ
  • HS graduate from Scotch Plains- Fanwood HS
  • Bachelor’s Degree in International Affairs from American University, Washington, DC.
  • Sponsoring Club : The Rotary Club of Scotch Plain- Fanwood, NJ
  • Master’s Program in International Development at the Paris School of International Affairs, France.
  • Rotary Area of Focus : Community & Economic Development
  • Career Objectives : Join International Agencies such as UNESCO/OECD to engage in development work for marginalized communities
Isabel DeVito
  • Resident of South Plainfield, NJ
  • HS graduate from The Pingry School, Basking Ridge NJ
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Organismal Biology and Ecology from Colorado College.
  • Sponsoring Club : Rotary Club of the Plainfields
  • Master’s Program in Statistical Ecology at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
  • Rotary Area of Focus :  Environment
  • Career Objectives : Protecting bio-diversity by restoring habitat and conservation of threatened species