I am a rising sophomore at Columbia University where I study Human Rights and Latin American studies, with a focus on migration. My research focuses on the Venezuelan Migration crisis, the second-largest mass exodus in the world behind the Syrian refugee crisis. I will be looking at the evolution of Venezuela, as a country of immigrants to a country to emigrants, caused by the humanitarian crisis facing the nation today. My focus is on the effects of the crisis and the experiences of women, children, and families who face some of the greatest difficulties. Exploring data and accounts from surrounding Latin American nations like Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru as well as high-income European nations like Spain and Italy, I will be investigating the evolution of the family structure in Venezuelan migrant and refugee communities as well as the impact of the recent COVID-19 pandemic on resources, experiences, and for many, the forced return journey to Venezuela.

I'm a graduate of Columbia University ('23!), where I studied Film. I used to work at Google as a growth strategist, and at YouTube as a content strategist. My current work centers on multimedia and multidisciplinary art, blending media experiments, writing, and ongoing film projects. During the Laidlaw Fellowship, I examined Napoleon's influence on the political attitudes present in Le rouge et le noir by Stendhal and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. The following year, I worked in business development for Tortoise Media, a news publication based out of London. Feel free to reach out and connect!

Class of 2023, studying French Language and Literature & Statistics. In the summer of 2020, working on a menstrual health policy review with the Menstrual Health and Gender Justice working group at Columbia University.

Research at the Columbia University Sabin Center for Climate Change Law in Summer and Fall 2020 and Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Summer 2022. Columbia Class of 2023, BA candidate studying urban history. 

I am originally from Santa Barbara, California, and I am a rising senior at Columbia College. I am majoring in Economics-Mathematics. As an aspiring research economist, I am broadly interested in applied microeconomics, with a particular focus on assessing the efficacy of policy. Outside of academics, I am an enthusiastic pianist and fan of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. In my first research summer, I studied the link between the COVID-19 Pandemic and the US Energy Market. I built an economic model of the Energy Market and seeing how an energy firm would respond to an exogenous shock to energy demand. In my second research summer, I worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on a number of research projects broadly related to international finance, the global consequences of monetary policy, and how capital moves across borders.

Columbia University is delighted to offer two Laidlaw programmes to its students. The first is the Research and Leadership programme given by Columbia College to first year undergraduate students to allow them to get involved in the university’s research, working with academic staff on questions of global significance. The second is the Lord Irvine A.S. Laidlaw ’65 Scholarship at Columbia Business School, which provides crucial financial assistance to full-time female MBA students each year, giving them access to an unparalleled business education and network. To date, over 300 exceptional women have received Laidlaw Scholarships.

Anthropology and Sociology Undergraduate; from Bristol, UK. I am completing a research project on narrative transmission and reproduction, looking at how oral accounts of geological events are passed down accurately over generations. By understanding how narratives are constructed I am keen to explore interdisciplinary approaches, particularly between Anthropology, Linguistics, Computer-Human Interaction, and Cognition. Other interests include literature, art and photography, architecture, astronomy, and outdoor pursuits.