Kendra Chiota Payne

The Kendra Chiota Payne Memorial Awards are funded by a memorial endowment created from the donations of family, friends, and teammates of Kendra Chiota Payne, UCSB Class of 2006. The UCSB Foundation administers the Memorial Fund that supports these awards.

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The Fund supports two awards. The first award helps support a Global Studies graduate student in an overseas internship with an NGO working for the economic advancement of women and children in Africa, Asia or Latin America.  The second award underwrites an internship to promote Leadership of Young Women through Sports.

Global Studies Award 

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Miguel Fuentes, the 2020 Global Studies Award recipient, is a UCSB Global Studies PhD student. Miguel will do his internship in Egypt with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). The UNFPA mission is to guarantee sexual and reproductive health rights to all Egyptians, with a particular focus on youth, women and girls. Miguel has delayed the start of his internship due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Sports Internship

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Christina Valdivia and Dillen Corlett, the 2020 sports interns, are UCSB undergraduate students. Christina and Dillen will work with the Isla Vista Youth Program for six-weeks this summer. They introduced a group of young girls to traditional and non-traditional sports and recreational activities.