ABOUT
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Hometown: Woodland Hills, CA Major & Minor: Political Science & Professional Writing for Civic Engagement Affiliations (on-campus and off-campus): Olive Tree Initiative, UCSB Multicultural Center Contact Info (email, linkedin, website, etc.): Email: [email protected] Linkedin: www. linkedin.com/in/ariellaplachta What I plan to do after graduation: I am moving to DC to intern at Brookings Institution's foreign policy program, looking for a job in NGOs or government and eventually going to graduate school in international affairs! How I want to make an impact: Work on building a more progressive, sustainable and humanitarian U.S. foreign policy on issues of forced migration, human rights and conflict resolution. Why I chose the Professional Writing Minor: To learn how to apply valuable non-academic writing skills to professional spaces. My most memorable moment at UCSB: Participating in the Taubman Symposium's "Mock Negotiations" program with David Makovsky and Ghaith Al Omari. What I will miss the most about UCSB: Salty air, biking to class, and the IV Food Co-op. But most of all, the people!! |
INTERNSHIP
Ariella is a project intern and staff assistant at the UCSB Multicultural Center which is a space on campus committed to fostering values of social justice and equality on campus through educational and arts programming, and support or events space for diverse student organizations. Along with her publicity and programming assistance duties that entail her paid job at the MCC, she is working on a organizational video report project to do a deeper analysis of how students of color and other marginalized groups benefit from the MCC. |