Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

Bates College senior Adilene Sandoval, a double major in environmental studies and sociology from Mattawa, Wash., is a recipient of the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for international travel. Sandoval is one of 42 graduating seniors from 33 colleges around the United States to win this prestigious fellowship.

Sandoval will travel to Australia, Ethiopia, Italy,Colombia, El Salvador, and Guatemala "to explore trauma-healing models informed by both activism and holistic healing to create, sustain and protect community-wellbeing from colonial violence. I will learn from communities that are using place-based strategies that facilitate healing through a wide range of frameworks and practices."

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