Brian Mhando is a junior from New York, studying Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, with minors in Global Health and Health Policy and African American Studies. During high school, Brian spent his junior year in rural areas of Tanzania, where he was alerted to the infrastructural challenges that caused many of his relatives to suffer from waterborne and vector-borne parasites. He is interested in studying how Africa’s diplomatic relations, particularly within the East African Community, can be leveraged to mitigate the spread of neglected tropical diseases in rural areas. Brian is a former Princeton Prize in Race Relations recipient, a senior sports writer for The Daily Princetonian, an Outdoor Action orientation leader, and a development coordinator for Camp Kesem Princeton. Previously, Brian has interned at Regeneron, the Wilcove lab in the Amazon rainforest, and One Health Trust in Bangalore, India.