2009 Nusa Penida leaders: Santiago Walker and Josie KeefeJOSIE KEEFE: Columbia University, B.A., Cultural Anthropology. During high school, Josie studied abroad in southern France and took the opportunity to travel throughout both France and Spain. While at Columbia, Josie studied Southeast Asian culture and printmaking. Josie ran the Columbia University radio station, and worked as a DJ in New York City. She helped start Showpaper; a publication of local independent concerts, and is currently learning to play the drums. While at Columbia Josie tutored high school students and worked for an online music TV website. During her junior year at Columbia, Josie studied art and culture in Indonesia. She focused her studies on Indonesian language and batik while living in a small village in Bali. She did an independent study project on Baten, the art of making Balinese floral offerings. In her free time Josie enjoys biking, cooking, yoga, music, and making art. She is proficient in Indonesian and French.
SANTIAGO WALKER: Rice University, B.S. cum laude, Earth Science with a focus on Petroleum Geosciences; Yale University, M.A. Santiago was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to a British-Grenadian father and a Venezuelan-Trinidadian mother. After graduation from Rice, Santiago went on to pursue a Master's degree in International Development Economics at Yale, where he focused on the interplay between development and the environment. He currently works for BP Trinidad and Tobago in Market Development and teaches at a local community college, where he designed and is currently delivering a course in Environmental Economics. He is heavily involved in community service and is campaign coordinator for United Way at BP. This year he is also on the National Volunteer Week committee and is in charge of fundraising. He has traveled widely in Central and South America, Western Europe, and Asia. Santiago counts teaching English in Brazil, painting a stadium in Mexico, and exploring the Caribbean coast of Panama among his most memorable recent travel experiences. This will be Santiago’s third summer with Putney. He led a Putney Community Service program in the Dominican Republic in 2007 and a National Geographic Student Expeditions program in Iceland in 2008. Santiago speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Caribbean Creole, and is avidly learning Bahasa Indonesian.
