2022-23 Scholar Kelsey Lechner
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2022-23 Kelsey Lechner
Columbus & Sellersburg

Hometowns:  Fort Wayne, Columbus & Sellersburg, IN 

Undergrad school/degree:  IU East Asian Languages and Cultures, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, 2015

Grad School:   St. Mary’s University, London. Education, International Development and Social Justice

Area of focus:  Peace and conflict prevention/resolution

Her goal:  To change lives by enhancing education systems and opportunities in developing countries and to build bridges between Rotarians in the UK and in the U.S. 

Host Club: Rotary Club of Kew Gardens, London.   

More info: Kelsey, who grew up in Fort Wayne, has lived and worked in Japan, Tanzania and Bangladesh.

In Japan she was a coordinator for international relations in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET) and later worked at Human Rights in Tokyo.