Desai Grant Recipients

Service-learning doesn’t stop when student step off campus. In fact, with Desai Global Service-Learning Travel Grants, students receive funding to expand their service-learning experiences globally. The program offsets travel costs for APPLES program participants abroad, thanks to a permanent endowment from Jatin Desai.

Curious about global service-learning? Look to some of our recent J. Desai Global Service-Learning Travel Grant recipients to see how APPLES students are planning and participating in service-learning abroad.

Completed Trips

Jessie Paige LaMasse
Fall ’19 recipient

Jessie Paige LaMasse traveled to Guatemala for a service-learning experience.

Alexandra Graham
Spring ’18 recipient

Alexandra Graham traveled to the Mexican city of Guanajuato for an APPLES Service-Learning course, GLBL 382 – Latin American Migrant Perspectives: Ethnography and Action.

Raul Benjamin Davalos Martinez
Spring ’18 recipient

Raul Benjamin Davalos Martinez traveled to the Mexican city of Guanajuato for an APPLES Service-Learning course, GLBL 382 – Latin American Migrant Perspectives: Ethnography and Action.

Planned Trips

For some students, extenuating circumstances have prevented international travel. We recognize the efforts of these students even when travel plans are canceled beyond their control.

Catherine Byrne
Spring ’20

Catherine Byrne’s grant was intended for travel to South Africa, where she planned to participate in a service-learning experience while completing research contributing to her honors thesis in public policy. This trip was canceled due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

Juhi Modi
Spring ’20

Juhi Modi’s grant was intended for travel to Bhutan to participate in a service-learning experience while completing research for a project in global studies. This trip was canceled due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

Ellen Steward
Spring ’20

Ellen Steward’s grant was intended for travel to Ecuador, where she planned to participate in a WWOOF service-learning experience before her study abroad program in the Galapagos. This trip was canceled due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

Sophia Lorainne Cervantes
Spring ’19

Sophia Lorainne Cervantes’s grant was intended for travel to the Mexican city of Guanajuato for an APPLES Service-Learning course, GLBL 382 – Latin American Migrant Perspectives: Ethnography and Action. This trip was canceled due to political circumstances in Mexico.

Elizabeth Cieza
Spring ’19

Elizabeth Cieza’s grant was intended for travel to the Mexican city of Guanajuato for an APPLES Service-Learning course, GLBL 382 – Latin American Migrant Perspectives: Ethnography and Action. This trip was canceled due to political circumstances in Mexico.

Rosario Villa
Spring ’18

Rosario Villa’s grant was intended for travel to the Mexican city of Guanajuato for an APPLES Service-Learning course, GLBL 382 – Latin American Migrant Perspectives: Ethnography and Action. This trip was canceled due to political circumstances in Mexico.

Planned and completed destinations of Desai Global Service-Learning Grant recipients:

Interested in how a J. Desai Global Service-Learning Travel Grant can help you pursue service-learning abroad? Visit the grant’s page to learn more.