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Two years ago, Samantha Power — USAID’s outgoing administrator — stood at a press conference in Nepal. She had just visited a school in the capital, one that the U.S. Agency for International Development had rebuilt after a 2015 earthquake rocked the nation.
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About the author
Elissa Miolene
Elissa Miolene reports on USAID and the U.S. government at Devex. She previously covered education at The San Jose Mercury News, and has written for outlets like The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washingtonian magazine, among others. Before shifting to journalism, Elissa led communications for humanitarian agencies in the United States, East Africa, and South Asia.
