Meet our 2020 summer interns!

Hi! My name is Cindy Peng, and I am 19 years old. I live in Columbus, Georgia. I am a rising freshman at Wellesley College, potentially majoring in International Relations, Middle Eastern Studies, and Sociology.  Joining TOU, my particular interests are Interfaith...

Hi everyone! I am Yaxuan Shi, and I just turned 18 this month. I was born and raised in Jinan, Shandong Province in China. Currently, I am a high school rising senior at Santa Catalina School in California. I have always been passionate about the law and the...

My name is Yaas Farzanefar, and I am a rising sophomore at UC Berkeley studying Political Science and Gender Studies, with a minor in Human rights. I was born in Iran and have lived both in Iran and California. Being raised in two vastly different cultures, I grew up...

My name is Thomas Falci, and I am from Westchester, NY. I am a rising sophomore at Claremont McKenna College dual majoring in International Relations and History with a Data Science sequence. Through extensive research about the Sustainable Development Goals, I have...

Hi! My name is Tejashwini Prashar. I am 19 years old. I am a second-year student at University College London (UCL), studying History, Politics, and Economics. Gross income inequality is a current and historical global staple in our communities. To narrow this gap, we...

Hi Everyone! My name is Slade Huang. I am an 18-year-old international student studying in the US, originally from Hong Kong. My particular interests in connection to TOU and the UN are primarily interfaith understanding and intangible culture preservation. I was...

Hello! My name is Seiyeon Choi, and I am 18 years old. I am from Seoul, South Korea, and I will be a high school senior this fall at Brooks School. I am interested in Human Rights and Women’s initiatives. The stories of North Korean defectors first led me toward the...

Salutations, I am Rahima Khatun. I am currently 19 years old and am a second-year undergraduate student studying the realms of political law and international relations in New York City. My interests mainly lie in the areas of women’s rights and initiatives in Global...

I am Neha Govindaraja, and I am 18 years old. I am currently studying Bachelors in Law from National Law University, Trichy, India. In addition to working with NGOs based on child advocacy, my interests lie in working on the areas of women empowerment and development...

Greetings! My name is Naman Anand and I am a 2nd Year Undergraduate Law student at the National Law University, Punjab in India. My tryst with International Law and the United Nations began when I joined my school’s MUN Club in 2014. Since then, I have worked with the...

My name is Myra Karavelioglu. I am an 18-year-old from New Jersey, USA. Having lived in both Turkey and America has given me a major insight into the influence of religion and culture in politics as I have grown up comparing the two countries. This attention I gave to...

Hey there! My name is Mina Mohammadi. I am 19 years old and an incoming sophomore at New York University studying Journalism and Data Science along with a minor in Middle East Studies.  My family is originally from Iran, but I was born and grew up in New York. I have...

Hi! I am Matias Zuter. I am 18 years old, and I´m from Córdoba, Argentina. I am currently studying my first year of Law. For the last 5 years, I have been working towards a more inclusive and higher quality education. I also believe that education is responsible for...

Greetings! My name is Kia Fatahi. I am a 20-year old undergraduate student at Fordham University where I am studying International Relations (specializing in Diplomacy) with a recent interest in Economics and Trade Development. As a boy who grew up in a Japanese...

My name is Kamilla Bakirova. I am an 18-year-old student at St. John’s University from Brooklyn, New York, and I am majoring in Biology. My interests mainly pertain to women’s rights, particularly in their access to health resources, education, sustainable water, and...

Hey! My name is Isha Gupta, and I am 18 years old. I am an incoming freshman at George Washington University in Washington D.C. where I plan on studying International Relations.  In high school, I spent most of my time in Model UN and running my non-profit. I have...

Hello! I am Hanna Mirgorodschi. I am 22 years old and come from Bremen, Germany. This month I am graduating from the University of St. Andrews, with a bachelor’s degree in Social Anthropology and Sustainable Development. My degree subjects truly capture my interests:...

My name is Han Oo. I am 21 years old. I am a rising senior studying Psychology at Fordham University Lincoln Center in New York. I am originally from Yangon, Myanmar. I am most interested in the Temple of Understanding’s work in Women’s Initiatives. By being a part of...

Hello everyone! My name is Grace Hudson. I am 20 years old, and I am studying a joint degree in International Relations and Psychology at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. I am from Oregon in the United States and Yorkshire in the United Kingdom.  I am so...

My name is Feipeng (Penny) Li, and I’m from Shanghai, China. I am 18 years old and a rising senior in high school. I spent my junior year as an exchange student in Washington DC, where I took classes at a local high school and stayed with my host family. I am...

My name is Christal Kihm. I am a 20-year-old undergraduate student from France and studying International Development in London. My interests lie at the intersection of issues pertaining to gender, race, and conflict. I am particularly interested in women’s rights in...

Hello! My name is Chelsea Egu.  As a dual citizen of Nigeria and the U.S., I have grown up with a more nuanced and global perspective of politics. Subsequently, this has led to my involvement in an assemblage of academic programs and projects centred on human rights...

My name is Alykhan Pirani, and I’m from Atlanta, Georgia. I am 18 years old and am a rising freshman at Columbia University where I plan on majoring in Human Rights and Political Science. Some passions I hope to further explore through the Temple of Understanding and...

My name is Alexandra (Alex) Dingle, and I’m from New York City. I am 19 years old and a rising freshman at Tufts University where I participated in the 1+4 gap year program, spending 6.5 months living with a host family in Pune, India and working at a school with...

Hello everyone! My name is Aisha Ayub, and I am a rising sophomore Neuroscience Major at The Ohio State University. As a Muslim woman and an aspiring physician, I have always sought to benefit human lives globally, particularly in the realm of wellness. I look forward...