NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Kaylie Cordingley is the communications and development associate at Shining Hope for Communities. She was a life skills educator in the Walmer Township in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and recently completed her Peace Corps service in Corovode, Albania, as a health education volunteer. She studied social welfare at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area. She currently lives in New York City.