Bonderman Travel Fellowship

Channing H. Nesbitt

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Public Affairs

Graduate

2020 Fellows

Hometown: Oakland, CA

Travel Locations: Morocco, Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya, Ghana, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador

Channing’s desire to obtain a deeper understanding of human connection has been his main inspiration for pursuing this fellowship. Channing’s areas of interest within this idea focus on healing, belief and redemption. Having the intention of complete immersion within the different communities in which he travels, he looks to discover and define his own story within these contexts. One overarching question that he has is: “how can we digest our own unique experience to better understand the universality that binds us together?”. Channing plans to ask this question as it relates to the places he travels and the individuals that he encounters. As we continue to move forward in a space of uncertainty, Channing finds it of great importance to ask how a greater understanding of connection and togetherness may provide pathways towards healing and redemption, for the individual and for the whole. Channing hopes to travel to Morocco, Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya, Ghana, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.