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Yvette Barnes and BOSFAM
Yvette Barnes recently joined the Advocacy Project as a summer 2006 intern for the Bosnian Family (BOSFAM), a Bosnian non-profit and AP partner.
She is currently pursuing a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) at Georgetown University in Washington, DC concentrating in International Development. She is also a program candidate for the Landegger International Business Diplomacy Certificate, offered jointly through the McDonough School of Business and the School of Foreign Service.
Yvette’s previous work experience includes a stint as a business development volunteer in Nepal from February 2002 until April 2004 where she worked with a local NGO doing micro-enterprise development and micro-credit.
After returning to the United States she worked as a project coordinator for a construction firm in Northern California. Yvette also earned a Bachelors degree in International Business from San Jose State University in San Jose, California.
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