Level Up: Meet Your New CIVICA Student Ambassadors

I am a Master’s student in International Security at the Paris School of International Affairs, with a minor in Global Risks and Gender. As an undergraduate, I studied at Sciences Po campus in Le Havre, where I was elected as the Sports Association President and organised the 2024 Minicrit.

Last summer, I took part in the Democracy House Young Leaders Summer Institute and this felt like a premonition, as a few months later, I lived through South Korea’s democratic turmoil (martial law and the subsequent impeachment of President Yoon) – and provided live coverage for India’s main news coverage (Republic TV). These experiences strengthened my determination to promote democracy.

I believe, now more than ever, that we need to promote the CIVICA alliance in times of democratic backsliding and mounting pressure on our identity as Europeans. I also wish to initiate or join CIVICA projects related to gender equality. This topic is close to my heart: I was an intern at the Fédération GAMS, working on projects to prevent gender-based violence and Female Genital Mutilation. I am currently pursuing the certificate on gender and public policy through Sciences Po’s gender studies programme, PRESAGE.

If you’re interested in building a stronger European academic community, reach out! I speak English, French, German, Italian, and Korean.

I’ve been on a European path since the beginning of my education, at the European School of Strasbourg. I am currently an undergraduate at Sciences Po’s campus in Nancy, and its European Union minor. As a student, I took part in many initiatives that reflect this European outlook: the European Student Council, the Model European Council, the Model United Nations of Munich, and the Refugee Challenge.

One of my strong commitments is towards social justice, including on the field: I served as a volunteer firefighter for two years, I assisted migrants and refugees during legal consultations with the Ligue des Droits de l’Homme, I led human rights awareness sessions in high schools with Amnesty International, etc.

If you’re an undergraduate student and eager to take part in CIVICA, feel free to get in touch with me. I speak English, French, and German.

After a Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard Universtity, I deferred my admissions to Harvard Law School to pursue a Master in History at Sciences Po’s School of Research, thanks to the support of the 2024 Michel David-Weill Scholarship and Sciences Po’s American Foundation.

My experiences as Program Coordinator for the United Somali Youth camp, as Services Fellow for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Historic Preservation Office, or as the director of Harvard SPLASH (Harvard undergraduates teaching high school students) confirmed my interest in equitable education initiatives. My current research work focuses on the history of emancipatory intellectual traditions in the Caribbean.

This will be my second year as a CIVICA ambassador, and my priority is the same: to promote research and thought that supports more respectful and enriching environments for immigrants. I see the intersection of immigration and education policy as the cornerstone for building more humane and democratic societies today. Our policy paradigms cannot be limited to the nation state, and must be reframed in ways that invite non-, supra-, and trans-national imaginations. My goal is to create cross-campus immigrant research seminars, forums, and working groups.

If you want to contribute, feel free to contact me.