Colton hails from Mount Carmel, Tennessee, and is a recent graduate of the Department of Politics at Princeton University, where he also earned certificates in American Studies and History and the Practice of Diplomacy. In 2023, Colton interned at the Tennessee Justice Center, supported by the Pace Center’s Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS) program, where he worked directly with poor and working clients to help them gain access to Medicaid coverage. Prior to that, Colton spent his gap year in 2021 working as a Legislative Correspondent for U.S. Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger, where he managed the environmental policy portfolio and worked on various others including health and labor policy. He was also a 2020 John C. Bogle Fellow and worked as an Intern Coordinator for a U.S. House campaign, promoting youth engagement in the electoral process. Colton spent fall 2022 studying European politics at University College London. His research experience includes his Junior Paper, “Working-Class Representation in Congress,” which analyzed the consequences of working-class underrepresentation in Congress, and his senior thesis, which focused on the barriers that disproportionately prevent workers from running for office. At Princeton, Colton was a Head Fellow for the Scholars Institute Fellows Program. He also served as a Community Living Advisor for Rockefeller College and Member of the Department of Politics Undergraduate Committee.

Sylvia graduated from College of Charleston in 2018 with a double major in religious studies and international studies, with a focus on the Middle East. While at College of Charleston, Sylvia began studying Arabic and studied abroad for a semester in Rabat, Morocco. Shortly after graduating, Sylvia moved to Amman, Jordan, with hopes to continue studying Arabic and gain further work experience with refugee communities. After interning and volunteering with several organizations in the United States that serve refugees and immigrants, she was drawn to move beyond her own borders and explore migration and displacement from a broader global perspective since the majority of displaced people find themselves in countries bordering their own, not the United States. In Jordan, Sylvia enrolled in an intensive Arabic language course and soon after began volunteering with UNICEF Jordan Country Office with the Adolescent and Youth Development Section where she progressed to become an intern, consultant, and lastly, program associate. In this position, she managed the implementation of UNICEF's Adolescent and Youth programming in Jordan's major Syrian refugee camps. This summer, Sylvia worked as a short term advisor at the Behavioural Insights Team in London.

Eleni holds a Bachelor of Arts in international studies and Spanish, with a minor in health studies, from Haverford College. Before Princeton, she worked at the Center for Global Development (CGD) in Washington, D.C., where she conducted research and policy analysis on a range of global health topics, focusing on global health security and financing for pandemic preparedness and response. Prior to CGD, Eleni worked in Rome with the West and Central Africa Division at the International Fund for Agricultural Development and with the United Nations Development Programme's Africa Centre for Climate and Sustainable Development. She held internships in Malawi researching food security and dietary diversity, at a government relations and strategic communications consulting firm, and in the Obama White House. She completed her MPA internship at the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Eleni grew up in several different countries and speaks Italian and Spanish.

Manuel is a Brazilian economist born in Rio de Janeiro. His strong belief in the transformative potential of governments to impact social outcomes motivates him to focus on building long-term institutional capacity within the public sector. Prior to Princeton, he contributed to the Institute for Health Policies Studies (IEPS) aiding policymakers in improving the governance of the public health system by connecting applied research insights to key challenges. His professional background includes research assistance for Harvard University alumni, policy making at Rio de Janeiros´s Transportation Secretary, and private consulting on infrastructure policies. Manuel is also the vice-president of “RioMais”, an NGO promoting the approximation of academia and public sector in Rio de Janeiro. This past summer, Manuel worked as a Research Fellow in Data Analytics at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London. At SPIA, he is eager to further develop his skills and knowledge to approach Brazilian development challenges with a comprehensive multidisciplinary orientation. During his free time, Manuel enjoys exploring the coast of New Jersey, surfing its peaks, reading and watching movies.

Consuelo is from Viña del Mar, Chile. She was previously an Economist at Chile’s Ministry of Finance, where she managed the 5-year Policy Evaluation Agenda. Prior to that, Consuelo worked as a Research Associate at J-PAL Latin America and Project Manager at ConsiliumBots, improving centralized school assignment systems in Colombia and Brazil. As an undergraduate, she served as a student representative and co-founded "Cuarentena Feminista" (Feminist Quarantine), gathering women across Chile during the COVID-19 pandemic. For five years, she volunteered with communities in informal settlements through the nonprofit TECHO in her hometown. Consuelo holds a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in applied economics, both from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She loves photography and outdoor activities.