Alejandra Y. Castillo, the Chancellor’s Senior Fellow for Economic Development at Purdue University Northwest (PNW), has been selected as one of 87 professionals from around the world to join the 2026 class of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program.
The fellowship and residency program, held in Lake Como, Italy in November, invites distinguished changemakers to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration that spurs transformative ideas and action for individual fellows’ projects. Fellows are selected for their significant professional accomplishments, exceptional expertise and visionary commitments for the betterment of humanity.
Castillo, whose service to PNW and Northwest Indiana focuses on the bridge between academia and economic development, will spend her residency focusing on quantum technology’s applications for improving world communities’ climate resilience, such as through resilient, accessible and insurable housing infrastructure. These topics and more are planned in her forthcoming book, “Beyond the Storm: Quantum Technology and the Human Experience.”
The illustrious Bellagio program has brought together global thought leaders from over 140 countries since 1959 to discuss solutions benefiting the world. Castillo is a distinguished leader with over two decades of experience in public service and nonprofit leadership, including service as the 23rd U.S. assistant secretary of commerce for economic development.
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