Tyler Botzon ’21 (Dyson)

Tyler Botzon is a 31-year-old undergraduate at Cornell’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Prior to starting his college experience at 29, he spent more than a decade working as a commercial fisherman on Alaska’s Bering Sea and leading international mountain-climbing expeditions all over the world. He plans to continue his studies directly after graduating from Dyson, working towards an MBA and a master’s in global healthcare policy.

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African debt storm

EMI Fellow Tyler Botzon reports on the global pandemic’s staggering economic implications for heavily indebted countries in Africa.