Daniela Schofield: Class of 2006

My time at Phoenix High School was profoundly sculpted by two wonderful teachers who both went above and beyond to provide extra opportunities and exposure to life outside the Rogue Valley Daniela Schofield

Beyond PTS

After graduating from Phoenix High School, Daniela Schofield attended the University of Rochester, from which she graduated cum laude with honors in both political science and English in 2010. She continued her education at the London School of Economics and Political Science, earning a Master of Sciences in Gender, Development and Globalisation in 2011. Daniela worked in the international development sector in London until 2014, when she relocated to Tanzania to manage a livelihoods project through 2015.

She returned to the London School of Economics to complete a second master's degree, an Master of Sciences in Urbanisation and Development, in 2016. For the past decade, Daniela has dedicated her career to implementing and evaluating international development and humanitarian programs. Her work has taken her to numerous countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Currently based in the UK, Daniela is pursuing a PhD at Cardiff University's School of Geography and Planning. Her research topic, "Gender and climate justice: informal street and market traders in Dar es Salaam," addresses the disconnect in urban informality, gender, and climate justice scholarship. She is collaborating with Equality for Growth, a Tanzanian NGO that supports the rights of female market traders in Dar es Salaam. Daniela's hope is to advance academic understandings of gendered responses to climate-related shocks and adaptations by informal traders.

Love for PTS

"My time at Phoenix High School was profoundly sculpted by two wonderful teachers who both went above and beyond to provide extra opportunities and exposure to life outside the Rogue Valley. John Cornet's classes engendered my love for the social sciences and independent research and laid the foundation for my pathway into higher education, including my current PhD studies. Mary Barton's classes similarly kindled my interest in studying government and economics. Mrs. Barton also supervised the Model UN club (among several others!), which first exposed me to multilateralism and the possibility of an international career oriented toward helping address the world's most pressing challenges."