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I am a doctoral candidate in the Political Science and International Relations program at University of Southern California. At USC, my core subfields are International Relations and Comparative Politics with a third field specialty in Intersectional Approaches to International Law and Migration Policy and Politics. Prior to my entry into the PhD program, I obtained my bachelor's degree from UCLA, my first masters at USC's Sol Price School of Public Policy, and then my second masters from UC Berkeley in 2020. Prior to eventually returning to academics, I spent several years working for international humanitarian and advocacy NGOs, for the US Department of State abroad in refugee affairs and migration policy, and in university education administration. My current research lands at the intersection of law, migration, and international policy and specifically focuses on asylum jurisprudence and migration policy diffusion.

Outside of academia, I enjoy spending my time traveling, exploring hidden parts of any city that I'm in, learning languages, being outdoors, enjoying good live music, cooking new cultural cuisines, and discovering (and rediscovering) some of my now favorite films.