2025 Graduation Stories: Livia Hoxha

In Myanmar, Ye Khaung Oo worked for a think tank leading public financial management and governance reform initiatives until the military coup of 2021. He came to Duke to prepare himself for a career in poverty alleviation.

Parvina Rakhimova MIDP’13, Shoghik Hovhannisyan MIDP’06 and Cory Krupp led a discussion on careers in development economics and the challenges they overcame.

Nilab Ahmadi MPP'25 left her home in Afghanistan, and has taken a big risk, a sacrifice made for the chance to amplify silenced voices and forge change through policy.