2025 Graduation Stories: Ye Khaung Oo

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.

Coming from Albania, a country that is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, Livia Hoxha felt a strong personal responsibility to better understand how policy can mitigate environmental risks while fostering inclusive economic growth.

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.