Bonderman Travel Fellowship
May 7, 2025
MSIM Students Sent on a Worldwide Adventure
Afomia Assefa found inspiration in Tricia Hairsey’s novel Rest is Resistance. She applied for the University of Washington’s Bonderman Fellowship envisioning a life beyond grind culture — a decision that will take her on an eight-month solo journey across the world this fall.
MSIM student and previous Bonderman Fellow Erica Adams, who returned from her travels in 2024, looks back on her experience as the trip of a lifetime.
Adams, who was awarded the fellowship in 2023, traveled to Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand and South Korea.