Author: Devin Faris

Devin was born and raised in California. Although his film-production aspirations guided his undergraduate studies at UCLA, his African Development coursework inspired him to take action to address the increasingly complex issues he learned about. He traveled to Tanzania to teach HIV-prevention education in rural primary schools, and helped spearhead an outreach program for youth living on the streets. He returned to East Africa to work on public health outreach in Namasuba, Uganda. Devin was so inspired by the extraordinary resilience of refugees from Central and East Africa that he decided to pursue a graduate degree in international education at New York University, where he researched education interventions for displaced African youth. Before joining GHC, Devin provided grants support to a handful of Africa-focused development organizations. Devin is always trying to quench his insatiable thirsts for travel, music festivals, hiking, and rock-climbing.