Michelle Kissenkötter - 2008

Michelle will be receiving her B.A. this year from McGill University with a Joint Honours degree in Political Science and International Development, and a minor in Economics. Before attending McGill, Michelle worked with several organizations (including UNICEF, AKIN, and the Botswana Ministry of Health) in the United States, Scandinavia, and sub-Saharan Africa. This past summer she interned in her home country of Guatemala for the Multiparty Dialogue Program of the UNDP. During the coming year, Michelle plans to study power-sharing and political negotiation techniques in Lebanon and Sri Lanka.