Leland Fellow: Shanti Kleiman »
6th Class, 2011-2013
Field Placement: Mercy Corps, Jijiga, Ethiopia
Shanti Kleiman is Markets Coordinator for Mercy Corps Ethiopia, based in Jijiga. She works with the economic development team to improve value chains for irrigation, agricultural, livestock, and energy inputs in the Somali and East Hararge Regions of Ethiopia.
Pre-Fellowship Education/Experience:
Shanti Kleiman has worked on the design and manufacture of small-scale water systems and low-cost agricultural technologies with NGOs like the TIBÁ Institute and International Development Enterprises in Ghana and Brazil. Previously, she researched low-cost energy solutions in Nicaragua and helped to establish judicial assistance centers in Rio de Janeiro. Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, Shanti received a Master’s of Environmental and Water Quality Engineering as well as a Master’s of City Planning from MIT. She earned a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies from New York University’s Gallatin School.
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