David Medina is a candidate for the M.A. in International Affairs degree with a focus on International Law and Organizations at the Elliott School. David considers Boston, MA and Medellin, Colombia as his home. His passion for the study of international affairs was prompted by the desire to understand the political and social strife of the country his family emigrated from at a young age and the growing interconnectedness between countries.
In 2009, David graduated from the College of the Holy Cross, where he majored in Political Science and Spanish with a concentration on Latin American Studies. After graduating, David worked as an educator at the Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, MA. In his five years working in education, David served in the History department, taught Geography, coached in the soccer, lacrosse, and basketball programs, mentored and advised individual students and student-led organizations, implemented community service projects domestically and abroad, and helped establish programming to advance cross-cultural competency and diversity work at the institution as the Assistant Director of Diversity. Additionally, David has taught and traveled expansively in Spain, Egypt, Colombia, and Bolivia. In 2013, David was a featured speaker at the National Partnership for Educational Access where he advocated for the importance of educational programming to underserved neighborhoods. David currently sits on the Alumni Council of the Steppingstone Foundation, a non-profit academic program that serves elementary school students in the Greater Boston area. David enjoys community service and an active life; he has run in five Boston marathons and hopes to fundraise and participate in more races in the future.
Nicole Catá is a joint-degree candidate at The George Washington University, where she studies International Human Rights Law at the Law School and Global Gender Policy at the Elliott School of International Affairs.
Rachel MacElhenney
Allison Haugen
Greg Tourial
Anne Bergren
Nikhil Gehani
Ben Nelson is a second year Elliott School graduate student in the International Affairs program, focusing on U.S. national security policy in the Middle East. His areas of interest include U.S.-Egypt relations, democratization, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Marjorie Wass is a first-year student in the Master of International Affairs program; she is focusing on Gender and Development. As an undergraduate at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, she studied theatre and linguistics and graduated with high honors. While in school, she travelled to England, Scotland and Italy and spent a summer in France. Pursuing her love of foreign destinations, Marjorie lived in Rabat, Morocco for two years after graduation, teaching English at the American Language Center and running the school’s drama club. She vastly expanded her knowledge of French and gathered a small command of Arabic, both Modern Standard and Darija.
