Amable Bunry ’15
When a near-fatal bout of necrotizing fasciitis, or “flesh-eating
national team and headed to the world championships
disease,” cost college-bound rower Blake Haxton both
while juggling the second year of law school. He finished
of his legs his senior year of high school, he had two
fourth, which just made him all the more determined to
options: give up or find a new way to accomplish his goals.
return. “I know it seems crazy, but I feel wildly fortunate. It’s
He chose the latter. In a borrowed boat with minimal rowing
amazing that I am even alive and here I am in law school
experience as a para-athlete, Haxton made the U.S.
and rowing in the world championships.”
NIKKI BASZYNSKI ’13
BLAKE HAXTON ’16
“Human rights is a passion. But very few people
A former Teach For America corps member and a
get to make a career out of their passion.” Amable
recognized champion of diversity, it was no surprise
Bunry is doing just that—turning her passion for
when Nikki Baszynski ’13 jumped at the chance to
human rights into the start of a promising career.
serve as the first Greif Fellow for Juvenile Human
Last summer, Bunry, who grew up in Yaounde,
Trafficking, which is a year-long, post-graduate public
Cameroon, interned in Kigali, Rwanda, with the
interest fellowship providing free legal representation
United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner of
to child victims. Baszynski worked tirelessly to forge
Human Rights (OHCHR). She plans to return to Africa
effective relationships with child victims of commercial
to continue to work on issues related to justice.
sexual exploitation, law enforcement, and social service providers. By developing key relationships in the community, she represented dozens of victims in court
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before passing the torch to Emily Dunlap ’14. Today, you’ll find Baszynski continuing her public interest work
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serving as an assistant state public defender.
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