Claire Brennan

Communications & Visitors Fellow

Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Claire is a recent graduate of Tufts University, where she studied English and political science. While at Tufts, Claire helped form the student-run magazine focused on Massachusetts politics, The Student Dispatch. She also competed for the Varsity Swim and Dive team, worked on The Tufts Daily newspaper, and served as the treasurer for the English Major Society. Outside of school, Claire worked for Blue Future, a group focused on connecting youth change-makers with progressive campaigns across the United States. In addition, Claire aided in juvenile immigration cases with an immigration law practice in Boston. Claire is passionate about harnessing language to share important stories with the greater public. Claire visited ASYV in 2022 with the Tufts with Rwanda Fellowship, and is honored to be welcomed back as the Communications and Visitors Fellow for the 2023-2024 school year. 

Lily conroy

Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Fellow

Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lily is a graduate of Tulane University, Class of 2022. There she studied International Development, Political Economy, and Public Health. Having supported post-Hurricane Katrina resilience efforts in her own community, Lily has always been passionate about community-driven development. This passion is evidenced by her previous work as the Community Partnerships Associate for Tulane’s Center for Public Service, as a Mellon Fellow in Community Engaged Research, and as a Global Scholars Fellow with the Global Livingston Institute in Uganda. Prior to joining ASYV, Lily served as Junior Research Associate on an evaluation of USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance and their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is incredibly excited to be returning to ASYV for a second year as the Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow and as a cousin for Ishami Grade!

graham dilworth

Career Resources Center Fellow

Raised on a pumpkin farm in Howard County, Maryland, Graham recently graduated with his master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Maryland where he specialized in International Development Policy. Graham is passionate about the empowerment potential of education and economic inclusion programs, an interest he developed by working with refugees and other displaced people. These experiences included working for the International Rescue Committee to help recently arrived Cameroonian and Afghan refugees get jobs in Maryland, as well as his work through Paper Airplanes International, where he taught English Language classes to displaced Syrian and Yemeni teens living throughout the Middle East. Graham has also pursued opportunities to work and study abroad, including a summer working for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in Geneva, Switzerland, and a month studying sustainable development in Indonesia. Most recently, he worked as a Graduate Assistant for Federal and Global Fellows, where he assisted undergraduate students pursuing career opportunities aligned with their passions and goals. Graham is incredibly excited to be joining the ASYV community as a Career Resources Center Fellow for the 2023-2024 school year!

Kylie Henry

Career Resources Center Fellow

Kylie graduated from the George Washington University with a B.A. in International Affairs and minors in German Language and Economics. While in Washington, D.C., she interned at the State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, Genocide Watch, Darfur Women Action Group, and the U.S. House of Representatives. While interning at the State Department, Kylie wrote remarks for the Assistant Secretary of State, coordinated multi-lateral joint statements, and included atrocity risk assessments in embassy strategies. She is passionate about survivor-centered transitional justice. Most recently, Kylie completed a year-long Fulbright grant in Kosovo, where she guided 40 students through the university application process, hosted English conversation and book clubs, and wrote for a local newspaper. She is excited to bring these experiences to ASYV as a Career Resources Center Fellow!

Lauren Lewis

Senior Public Health Fellow

Before joining the ASYV family, Lauren graduated from Leeds Beckett University with a degree in Global Development with Politics. She is passionate about supporting women’s empowerment and improving access to soap and clean water, which stemmed her interest in public health. Alongside her studies, she worked as RISE by Sundara’s Program Manager, supporting female entrepreneurs across the globe to improve access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene in their communities. 

Lauren is excited to return to the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village to serve for her second year as a Senior Public Health Fellow for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Kaela rothstein

Visitors Fellow

Originally from Long Island, New York, Kaela graduated in Spring of 2020 from Penn State University, where she majored in Communications Arts & Sciences and double minored in Digital Media Trends and Analytics and Global and International Studies. In Spring of 2019, she studied abroad on Semester at Sea, where she had the opportunity to travel to 19 countries, enhancing her global perspective and emphasizing global comparative study. In Fall of 2019, she volunteered with Gabriel Project Mumbai and has remained involved on their Alumni Committee. Additionally, Kaela was a JDC Community Representative and GENERATE Fellow through The Jewish Education Project. Most recently, Kaela worked as a Development Associate at UJA-Federation of New York in their Manhattan Division, overseeing their teen philanthropy program, a cohort of 150 teens. She has worked for multiple non-profits focusing on human rights, sustainability, and education, and is constantly looking for opportunities that can foster her love for creativity, travel, helping others, and changing the world. Kaela first visited ASYV with a JDC Entwine trip in 2022 and is thrilled to be welcomed back as a Visitors Fellow for the 2023-2024 school year.

Beth is a curious, compassionate, playful being with a love of learning, listening, nature, animals, the moon, music, storytelling, collaborating, and exploring.

With Midwest roots, a spell living in the South, and a significant time in the Northeast, Beth is looking forward to drawing on her professional experiences in healthcare publishing, marketing, restorative justice, and event and meeting planning as an ASYV Fellow and cousin. A proponent, practitioner, and student of yoga, mindfulness, and meditation, Beth enjoys sharing these contemplative practices with people of all ages, in all sorts of places and spaces. Having witnessed, facilitated, and experienced the transformational and generative benefits of bodywork, breath work, and movement to reconnect and find safety in one’s physical, emotional, and spiritual body in the present moment, Beth strives to be an advocate and ambassador for agency, empowerment, healing, humor, and heart.