Jenny Payne

Jenny Payne

Associate

Jenny Payne graduated from Stanford University in June 2011 with a B.A. in Human Biology and a minor in African Studies.   On campus, she helped develop a high school curriculum about global health and infectious diseases and co-taught a health education unit for fourth graders at a nearby elementary school.

During college, Jenny also worked with several community health organizations. After her sophomore year, she spent three months working with two different AIDS organizations in Masaka, Uganda to develop and implement a rainwater harvesting project.  The following year, she spent her spring quarter in Cape Town, South Africa with a Stanford study abroad program.  While in Cape Town, she volunteered with the Du Noon Home-Based Care Center and the Philani Child Health and Nutrition Project, and assisted with a pilot biomarker study evaluating the impact of Philani’s interventions in Khayelitsha.