Ellyn Yakowenko

Ellyn Yakowenko comes to S-CAR with a BA in Biology and BA in Spanish Literature and Language from St. Mary’s Honor’s College of Maryland. She also holds a MA in International Development (concentration in natural resources and violent conflict) from American University. Her master’s thesis is “The Role of Natural Resource Degradation in Protraction of the Sudanese Civil Conflict”. During her graduate studies, she spent a semester at the U.N. Mandated University for Peace. Ellyn is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Paraguay 2005-2007) and recently worked for Africare in Washington DC as a Program Manager, Office of Agricultural and Food Security. Interests include: environmental conflict management, mitigation and prevention strategies. Ellyn is a Dean’s Fellow.