David is from Abuja, Nigeria and comes to the DCSC from Philadelphia, where he completed his MA in Political Science at Villanova University. He received his BA from the Great Books program at St. John’s College in Santa Fe (go Axolotls) and taught school in Arizona with the Episcopal Service Corps. He is excited to be serving as the Programs Associate at FMS this year, supporting his fellow missioners and holding the door open for the future of the Service. He is excited to explore living in an ecumenical context guided by the Franciscan charism. In his free time he loves theater, jazz, screwball comedies, reading existentialist philosophy, cooking Nigerian food, origami, and re-cataloging his personal library.