I received my BA from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. I worked as a research analyst covering human rights issues for the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. I was also a researcher for an environmental policy nonprofit based in Massachusetts. I am studying International Policy and Development at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. My present research focuses on the intersection of politics and foreign investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, the political and economic implications of expanding populist governments and the foreign policy of cities. Will most likely be found: Reading or hiking with my dog Really recommends reading: Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry), Lunar Caustic (Malcolm Lowry), The Power Broker (Robert Caro), The Geography of the Imagination (Guy Davenport), Wittgenstein's Mistress (David Markson)