Isha Desai Featured in 'The P.E.O. Record'

Isha Desai, a doctoral student in the Materials, Science, Engineering, and Commercialization program and a recipient of the 2020-2021 P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship (IPS), was recently featured in the funder’s publication, The P.E.O. Record, in which she describes her engagements with the P.E.O. Sisterhood during the 2020-2021 academic year and the impact the IPS award had on her personal and financial wellbeing during the pandemic. Read Isha’s feature story on page 22 of the July-August 2021 edition (page 24 of the publication PDF). vital skills to careers in support of the critical agency missions throughout the federal government. “To continue to play a leadership role in the world, it is vital that America's future leaders have a deep understanding of the rest of the world,” says former U.S. Senator David Boren, the principal author of the legislation that created NSEP. “As we seek to lead through partnerships, understanding of other cultures and languages is absolutely essential.”