Pitching in for the Peace Corps: UNC alumna to boost development in Ukraine

Posted Aug 27, 2019
Earlier this month, 24-year-old Olivia Ingram boarded a plane to Ukraine, where she’ll spend three months getting acclimated with a host family before being assigned to work on economic development in a Ukrainian community. During her senior year at UNC, she studied abroad in London and opted to delay her graduation a semester for a trip to China. (Wilson Times)

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