- English and Spanish
- Class of 2014
- Santee, CA
University of San Diego Graduate Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
2017 May 23
University of San Diego graduate James Bennett of Santee was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship.
Bennett was awarded a Fulbright Study/Research Award.
Bennett completed service in the Peace Corps in Mozambique at the end of 2016 and will continue his work there through the award. He plans to produce a collection of short stories and nonfictional essays about the country's people.
"I wanted to write about the people that impacted my life in Mozambique - both positively and negatively - for the rest of the world to see what lies behind the curtain of Portuguese and the drama of African-development failures. The hard realities and unexpected beauties of life in rural Mozambique inspired me to search for a way to recount them for others."
Bennett earned a bachelor's degree in 2014 in English and Spanish.