Current MPA Students

Jack is an MPA candidate focusing on international relations. His interests include arms control, international trade, and great power competition. Prior to SPIA, Jack worked in government, the private sector, and think tank community. Jack did his undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago, where he studied geophysical sciences and political science, and he holds a master's degree in strategy from the Naval War College. This past summer, Jack served as a Foreign Affairs Fellow in the Office of Representative Johnson in Washington, D.C. After graduation, he plans to return to public service and work on international policy issues. In his free time, he enjoys skiing, photography, and fossil hunting.

Leandro is a Nicaraguan-American committed to advancing human rights and democratic governance in Latin America. He earned a B.A. in global studies and a B.A. in Spanish and Portuguese, both with high honors and Phi Beta Kappa distinction, from the University of California, Berkeley. During his undergraduate studies, he attended the University of Cambridge, where he studied international relations, diplomacy, and conflict resolution. In addition, he was selected as a Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellow at Princeton University, where he participated in the Junior Summer Institute. Through this program, he explored issues related to international security, human rights, and global politics. After graduating, Leandro worked as a mathematics and Spanish teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. He taught students from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds across elementary, middle, and high school divisions in public and private schools. He also taught virtual classes to students in China, South Korea, Japan, Sri Lanka, and Peru. These experiences strengthened his passion for expanding educational opportunities and advancing equitable public policy. Following completion of the Master in Public Affairs program, Leandro hopes to join the U.S. Foreign Service, where he aims to advance democratic governance, human rights, and regional cooperation throughout the Western Hemisphere. In his free time, Leandro enjoys traveling, visiting art museums around the world, and reading and writing dystopian fiction and poetry.

Fabian is a 2025 Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellow. During his graduate summer internship, he worked at the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Prior to attending Princeton, he served as a legislative staffer for the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security. He also served as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the City of Orlando. Outside of work, he volunteered for multiple nomination cycles on the Nobel Peace Prize Nominating Task Group of the American Friends Service Committee. Fabian holds a bachelor's degree from Florida State University.

Allyson is from Lake Forest, California, and graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Public Health and a minor in Public Policy. Raised in an immigrant household, Allyson is passionate about creating solutions to health care challenges marginalized communities face. At an early age, Allyson’s father was diagnosed with a chronic health condition that required frequent interactions with the healthcare system; she became acutely aware of the high cost of healthcare and its disproportionate impact on BIPOC and low-income families. These experiences pushed her to explore health policy and its impact on the Latinx community as a student, leading her to participate in the Cal-in-Sacramento Fellowship and the John Gardner Public Service Fellowship. Upon graduation, she served as a Legislative Analyst at the California Health and Human Services Agency where she sought to advance policy that addresses the root causes of health inequality. As part of her MPA internship, Allyson worked with the Senate Finance Committee under U.S. Senator Ron Wyden in Washington, D.C. After Princeton, she hopes to work in government promoting Latinx healthcare accessibility. In her free time, Allyson is an amateur boxer, runner, and reality TV enthusiast.

Alec grew up outside of Dallas and attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied biochemistry and Portuguese. He took classes and worked for a year at a university research lab in Minas Gerais, Brazil, under the auspices of the Portuguese Flagship Program, which later inspired his senior thesis on the effects of post-2014 austerity policy on Brazilian scientific production. After graduating, he worked for two years as a Fellow at the Science and Technology Policy Institute supporting the Office of Science and Technology Policy and other federal science agencies across a wide variety of areas. After his time at Princeton, he hopes to work toward improving international scientific collaboration and competition. Outside of work, he enjoys learning new line dances, doing the New York Times crossword, and going on hikes.