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Marianne Nari Fisher is the head of operations at World Data Lab, which produces sophisticated global demography and economic models with storytelling elements through visual webtools. In particular, they provide …

Mayra and Laura are two recent residents who developed strong connections with each other at Bellagio in 2019. Here, they talk about the impact that connection has had on their …

In this series we catch up with four people who attended a Bellagio convening together in 2019, “Diversity and Inclusion in Diplomacy, Conflict Resolution and Development,” and developed strong professional …

Mariana Rondón is a director, screenwriter, producer, and visual artist from Barquisimeto, Venezuela. She completed her residency at The Bellagio Center in 2017. Her movies include the dramas Bad Hair …

Tsitsi Dangarembga is an award-winning Zimbabwean novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. She completed her residency at The Bellagio Center in 2016. Her debut novel, Nervous Conditions (1988), won the Commonwealth Writers' …

Saumya Roy is an author, journalist, and micro-finance entrepreneur based in Mumbai. Saumya completed her residency at The Bellagio Center in 2017. After spending nearly a decade investigating an undersung …

Ben Hecht is an urban policy expert, and the former president and CEO of Living Cities. He first attended a Bellagio convening “Blueprint for National Prosperity” in 2007, then completed …

When someone stays at the Bellagio Center we ask them to write a postcard to their future selves. We post it to them six months later as a reminder of …