Bonderman Travel Fellowship
Aaron Olson

Public Administration; Urban Design & Planning
Graduate
2012 Fellows
Hometown: Albuquerque, NM
Travel Locations: Central & South America
Olson plans to embark on a spiritual and cultural pilgrimage that mirrors the journey of Santigo in Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist, one of his favorite books, and to visit Central and South America to improve his fluency in Spanish. He knew the time had come for him to realize his dreams of traveling the world after undergoing treatment for testicular cancer during graduate school.