Rashad Badr, a Woodrow Wilson School major from Manassas, Virginia, seeks to apply his international background to the fields of diplomacy and international relations and, ultimately, a career in the Foreign Service. He studied abroad at the University of Cape Town, South Africa for a Woodrow Wilson School policy task force in the spring and spent the summer at a U.S. embassy in the Middle East.

Carolyn Edelstein, a Woodrow Wilson School major from Toronto, Ontario, is pursuing East Asian Studies and Environmental Science certificates. She speaks French and Mandarin Chinese. She spent this last summer working on sustainable development and climate change adaptation at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Edelstein also participated in a School task force in Cape Town, South Africa in Spring ’09.

Andrew Kim, a Woodrow Wilson School major from Roslyn, New York, is pursuing certificates in East Asian Studies and Chinese Language and Culture, and hopes to enter the U.S. Foreign Service. He speaks Korean and Chinese and has spent time working, studying, and researching in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Seoul. This summer, Kim interned at the Department of Defense.

Simonne Li, a Chemistry major from Alpharetta, Georgia, is pursuing a certificate in Environmental Studies. She interned at the Environmental Protection Agency on national and international efforts to combat global climate change this past summer and will pursue alternative energy research.

William Wagner, a Woodrow Wilson School major from Montclair, New Jersey, hopes to combine his passions for law and international relations toward a career at the State Department or Department of Justice. Proficient in Farsi and Spanish, Wagner studied Arabic as part of Woodrow Wilson School's policy task force at American University in Cairo, Egypt. He interned at a U.S. embassy in the Middle East this past summer.

Tavon Cooke, a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, has considerable academic and professional background in Russian studies with an emphasis on education, social welfare, and domestic and international health policy issues. Cooke hopes to work in consular affairs as a Foreign Service Officer at the Department of State or at the US Agency for International Development.

Daniel Joyce has served since July 2006 as the program associate on democratic governance and human rights issues in the Andean region at the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington, DC think-tank for US-Latin American relations. A magna cum laude graduate from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service with a B.S. in international politics and a certificate in Latin American studies, he spent a semester at the Universidad Católica in Santiago, Chile as part of his undergraduate studies, and organized Dialogue conferences in Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru.

Brieana Marticorena, a native of Laguna Hills, California, graduated in June from Harvard University with a degree in government and a citation in Italian. She hopes to pursue diplomacy and conflict management. Marticorena worked in orphanages in Ghana and Brazil, taught English in Thailand, Cambodia, and Poland, conducted research in Russia, interned for Congress, and for the U.S. Department of State in Italy.

Caitlin Pierce was a double major in environmental studies and economics at Dartmouth College. Her interest in these fields has taken her to study and conduct research in Southern Africa, India, and British Columbia, as well as an internship in the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the US Department of Justice. Pierce hopes to spend the fellowship portion of her MPA working at the nexus of international economic and environmental policy.

Sarah Ray is from Memphis, Tennessee and graduated summa cum laude from Tulane University in May 2009 with degrees in political science and social policy. A 2008 Harry S. Truman Scholar, Ray’s policy interests include public housing, urban development, and inequality. Her career goals include working at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and eventually returning to Tennessee to run for elected office. Fluent in Spanish, Sarah studied abroad at the University of Granada in Spain, and also studied at the University of Cambridge in England.

Alexander Correa graduated from the University of Miami in May 2008 with bachelor’s degrees in economics and international studies. Correa is completing a two-year fellowship as an International Economist at the Treasury and worked on the Turkey and Lebanon portfolios prior to assuming the Andean desk officer position. His current portfolio also includes managing Treasury's coordinating role in the multilateral Microfinance Growth Fund for the Western Hemisphere.

Caroline Gilliam Walsh, from Charlottesville, Virginia, graduated from Columbia University, where she majored in East Asian Languages and Cultures. She won the National Security Education program David L. Boren Scholarship in 2006 and pursued intensive Mandarin Chinese language study. Caroline interned at the Weatherhead Institute of East Asian Studies and spent two summers studying the language in Beijing.

Brian Kelly graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in International Relations and Modern Middle East Studies. He interned at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, the Department of State, and the FBI. His first SINSI rotation was as the Economic Sanctions and Energy Officer in the Office of Iranian Affairs at the State Department. He spent the summer of 2009 working in the Iran Regional Presence Office at the US Consulate General, Dubai.

Rachel Van Tuyl is currently working for the U.S. Army in the international affairs division as a country desk officer. She graduated from Auburn University with a degree in economics. Rachel interned for the Department of State at the U.S. Embassies in Dublin and London and is interested in foreign affairs.

Cynthia Barmore, a Woodrow Wilson School major from Illinois, hopes to enter the Foreign Service or perhaps the Peace Corps. She speaks some Serbo- Croatian and Turkish, and has spent time working in Bosnia. She founded a service organization doing volunteer work in Trenton, and is president of Princeton Against Protectionism. She will spend the spring semester in WWS’ policy task force in Cape Town, South Africa.

Shannon Brink, a Woodrow Wilson School major from Denver, Colorado, has ambitions to work for USAID or the Foreign Service in Latin America. She has excellent Spanish. Although not herself an engineer, she is active in Engineers Without Borders. She will be going to Santiago, Chile for WWS’ spring policy task force there.

Michael Konialian, a Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering major getting a WWS certificate, is from Studio City, Calif. He hopes to work as policy staff at NASA or the White House. He has been a researcher at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He also hopes to run for elected office.

Emily Yasmin Norris, a Woodrow Wilson School major from Brookline, Massachusetts, studies Middle East issues, specifically Iran. She has native Farsi, excellent French and good Arabic. She spent the summer of 2006 at American University in Beirut, and had to be airlifted out during the war. She has studied overseas in Oxford and Hamburg, spent a summer doing journalism in Thailand, and will be spending the spring at WWS’ new Cairo policy task force.

Brendan Reilly is a Politics major from McLean, Va. He is joining the U.S. Marine Corps, and has already done officer training at Quantico. He is also interested in working at DOD, State, or DIA. He plays varsity lacrosse, which he describes as pretty good preparation for Quantico.

Michael Shapiro, a Woodrow Wilson School major from Avon, Connecticut, is interested in health policy and economic policy. He would like to work in the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, at HHS or on the Hill. He is executive editor for the web at The Daily Princetonian.

Kimberly Bonner is a molecular biology major who seeks to apply her scientific background to policy matters in fields ranging from malaria eradication to energy infrastructures. She spent her summer at the U.S. State Department working in the Office of International Health and Biodefense, located in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.

Jordan Reimer, a politics and Near Eastern and Judaic studies major, spent a semester abroad honing his Arabic skills at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. This past summer he worked at the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, in the Office of Iranian Affairs.

Ishani Sud is majoring in chemical engineering and designed a low-cost solar oven in Kenya and is interested in a range of international development issues including health, technology and security. She interned this summer with the U.S. Naval Forces-Japan, headquartered in Yokosuka.

Lilian Timmermann, a Woodrow Wilson School major with a certificate in East Asian studies, started an organization to tutor immigrants in English and financial literacy and hopes to use her Mandarin and Spanish skills in the nation’s service. This summer she was assigned to the State Department’s Western Hemisphere Affairs, Andean Office, covering Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador.

Eugene Yi, a Woodrow Wilson School major who speaks Korean and Chinese, founded a translation effort that has drawn attention from Gates and the joint United Nations program on program on HIV/ AIDS (UNAIDS). He spent the summer at the State Department’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs as well as the Office of Asian and Pacific Security Affairs at the Department of Defense.