Living the Day After
Anna Savva May 31, 2024 I have an image in my mind of an old photograph: a blurry photo of my fourth-grade recital, where I am smiling at the camera wearing a sash with the name of my grandfather’s occupied…
Maggi Chambers
From Cuba to DC: How Growing Up Under An Authoritarian Regime Led Me to Advocate for Diplomacy in US Foreign Policy
Ernesto Fraga March 27, 2024 Growing up in Cuba, I looked at the United States as the “city on the hill.” I rememberhow my friends who had left Cuba for the U.S. described the country as an exemplar of peaceand…
The Evolution of an ‘International Studies-ist’
Kyle Tucker January 18, 2024 The interaction usually went the same way. When I told family friends in my Midwestern town that I planned to major in international studies in college, I often got sympathetic looks. They’d clap me on…
The Pursuit of Human Rights is the Greatest Passion of Them All
Mia Baxley December 14, 2023 In many ways, the pursuit of human rights has always been present in my life, regardless of my changes in what I thought was my “dream career.” I did not “choose” human rights; rather, I…