Kieran Micka-Maloy

Age: 22

Home Town: New York, USA

Education: B.S. in Urban and Religious Studies (Cornell University)

Specific Field Interests: Urban Studies/Planning

Placement: Udyogini, Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan

Area of Focus: Livelihoods

Highlights: Kieran was born and raised in New York City, which fostered in him a passion for urbanism and sustainability. He Graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Urban and Regional Studies. After his second year of university, Kieran interned with Kota Kita, an NGO based in Solo, Indonesia, where he worked on participatory mapping with informal settlement residents in the area. Since then, he has pursued international experience, with the goal of entering the international development planning field. In his third year of college, Kieran studied abroad in Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu, where he researched human-gaur conflict in the rapidly urbanizing Nilgiris district. During his time there, he learned about the AIF Clinton Fellowship. He is excited to work with Udyogini in Rajasthan on an eco-tourism project that will take him back to India and see him bridging the divide between people and nature once again