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.

Driven to help reshape regional governance in Latin America, Antonella Di Ciano enrolled in the Duke MIDP program to strengthen her ability to confront environmental crime and build resilient systems grounded in climate justice, peace and gender equity.

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.