Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Anna obtained her bachelor’s degree in international political economy as a Eugene McDermott Scholar at the University of Texas at Dallas. She has interned for the Department of State, the International Rescue Committee, and The Brookings Institution as an Archer Fellow, then studied French and taught English in Évian-les-Bains, France. She is a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow and will work as a Foreign Service Officer after completing her MPA. This past summer, she completed her first internship with the United States Foreign Service in Washington. An avid (and slow) runner, Anna spends her free time visiting friends and family and enjoying the great outdoors. 

Dylan is a Harry S. Truman Scholar from Marlboro, New Jersey. He studied political science and economics at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, where he conducted legal research at the intersection of public policy and emerging technologies. While at Rutgers, Dylan was an Undergraduate Associate at the Eagleton Institute of Politics. From 2017 until 2023, Dylan served on the Board of Directors for Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), a national nonprofit dedicated to promoting the safety and well-being of students across the country. After graduating from Rutgers, Dylan became the inaugural Director of Operations for Silicon Valley Defense Group (SVDG), a nonprofit that aims to promote technological innovation with the defense industrial base of the United States and its allies. Dylan has volunteered as an emergency medical technician with his local EMS Squad in New Jersey since 2015, where he also currently serves as Vice President of the organization.

Sarah was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Germany. She comes to Princeton from Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, where she worked as an advocate to promote increased support for children and families affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. Prior to joining Sesame Workshop, Sarah worked for Salzburg Global Seminar, taught English in Germany as a Fulbright Fellow, and worked as a White House Advance Associate for the Obama Administration. This summer, she worked as an Research Intern at the International Organization for Migration in Nairobi, Kenya. After completing her studies at Princeton, Sarah plans to continue working as an advocate and urging policymakers and funders to prioritize support for children and families in humanitarian response globally.

Nada is from the greater Princeton area in New Jersey. After graduating Magna Cum Laude from Boston University with a B.A. in economics and minors in public policy analysis and computer science, Nada worked as a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, where she supported projects focusing on racial discrimination in the American criminal legal system. She then worked as a data analyst at Bloomberg, where she managed financial data focusing on the healthcare industry in the U.S. and contributed to data-driven news initiatives. Nada's undergraduate internship experience includes international development policy at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), foreign affairs research at the Wilson Center, civil rights advocacy at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and a summer on Capitol Hill. This past summer, Nada worked as an graduate intern with the Social Safety Nets Global Solutions Group at the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C. She is passionate about evidence-based policy and increasing representation of Muslim Americans in policy and media. She is a recipient of the Boston University Departmental Prize in Economics and was a Truman Scholarship finalist. Having spent time in Egypt, Nada is fluent in Arabic and proficient in French. In her free time, she enjoys running, playing tennis, making art, and contributing to various media outlets as a freelance writer.

From Groton, Massachusetts, Stephen graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 2019 with undergraduate degrees in international studies, Chinese, and French. Stephen studied abroad at Peking University and the University of Strasbourg, focusing on language acquisition and regional security perspectives. He also interned at the U.S. Mission to NATO, supporting the U.S. Department of State lead negotiator in preparing the 2018 Brussels Joint Summit Declaration. Stephen earned his commission as an Air Force Intelligence Officer in 2019 and later served at the Intelligence Directorate for U.S. European Command Headquarters as well as the 612 Air Operations Center. He is a four-year active duty veteran and seeks to transition from Defense Intelligence to a Foreign Service career enabling diplomatic engagements and security cooperation. His academic areas of interest include European regional security, gray zone warfare, and policy approaches for regional conflict prevention and resolution. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, yoga, weightlifting, and board games.