Diana Chavez-Varela

MPA2
E-mail:
dc8550@princeton.edu
I - International Relations University of California, Berkeley, 2019 Political Economy, B.A.

Biography

Diana is a 2022 Thomas R. Pickering Fellow and an aspiring U.S. Foreign Service Officer. She received her B.A. in political economy from the University of California, Berkeley. Her commitment to public service has led her to conduct casework for refugees at the International Rescue Committee and human rights research at Berkeley Law’s Human Rights Center. As a manager at Berkeley's Human Rights Lab, she led investigations into humanitarian crises, co-authored an AI and Child Rights report with UNICEF, presented her research to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, and represented UC Berkeley at Amnesty International's Digital Verification Corps Summit at Hong Kong University. She engaged with diplomats and policymakers on conflict resolution in Oman and the UAE through a leadership and dialogue student travel program in the Middle East. Passionate about expanding access to international education opportunities to community college and transfer students, Diana co-founded the Global Community College Transfers organization. Diana then worked as an analyst at Deloitte & Touche, conducting cyber and strategic risk analysis for C-Suite executives of multinational organizations. As a Pickering Fellow, she completed a domestic internship with the U.S. Department of State, Office of Foreign Assistance. This past summer, she interned at the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium. She enjoys being in nature, swimming, dancing, practicing foreign languages, biking around town, and spending time with family and friends.