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SIPA Student Ambassadors

Learn more about SIPA from those who know it best—our Seeples!

If you are interested in speaking with a current student at SIPA, please review this list of our SIPA Student Ambassadors for the 21 month MIA, MPA and MPA-DP programs and fill in the form below.

SIPA Admissions Ambassadors Meeting Request Form for Prospective Students

Ambassadors

Ryan Arick (he/him/his)
MIA
International Security and Diplomacy

Rustam Baratov (he/him/his)
MPA
Economic and Political Development 
International Organizations and United Nations Studies

India Sophia Barsella (she/her/hers)
MIA
International Security Policy
International Organizations and United Nations

Harleigh Bean (she/her/hers)
MIA/MBA (dual-degree with Columbia Business School)
International Finance and Economic Policy and International Security Policy

Priscilla Chan (she/her/hers)
MIA
Technology Policy and Innovation

Ruirui (Christine) Chen (she/her/hers)
MIA
Urban and Social Policy
Health Policy & Diplomacy, Mediation, and Reconciliation

Olivia Choi (she/her/hers)
MPA
Climate, Energy, and Environment 
International Organizations and the United Nations
 

Madison Davis (she/her/hers)
MPA
Climate, Energy, and Environment and Urban and Social Policy
Technology, Media, and Communication

Irmak Ersoz (she/her/hers)
MPA
International Finance and Economic Policy

Yayun Gu (she/her/hers)
MPA
Climate, Energy, and Environment
Data Analytics and Quantitative Analysis
 

Saiki Ho (she/her/hers)
MPA
Currently transitioning from Urban and Social Policy into International Finance and Economics Policy

Lindsay Kim (she/her/hers)
MIA
Development and Governance
Political and Economic Development and Humanitarian Policy

Bridgette Lang (she/her/hers)
MPA
International Security Policy
Technology, Media, and Communications

Jiawen (Kevin) Li (he/him/his)
MIA
Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy
International Organizations and the United Nations
 

Sarah Mathew (she/her/hers)
MPA
International Security Policy
Leadership, Innovation, and Design & Technology, Media, and Communications
 

Pranav Mehta (he/him/his)
MIA
International Finance and Economic Policy
Data Analytics and Quantitative Analysis

Camila Muñoz Medina (she/her/hers)
MPA
Development and Governance

Vato Peradze (he/him/his)
MIA
Economic and Political Development 
International Organizations and United Nations Studies

Michelle Phương-Anh Nguyễn (she/her/hers)
MPA-MSW Dual Degree
International Security Policy
 

Xuefei (Sophie) Ren (she/her/hers)
MPA
Technology Policy and Innovation

Garima Sahni (she/her/hers)
MPA-DP
Development Practice

Brooke Samaratunga (she/her/hers)
MIA
Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy
International Conflict Resolution

Sara Shibata (she/her/hers)
MIA
Technology, Policy, and Innovation

Diana Slobodian (she/her/hers)
MPA
International Security Policy
International Conflict Resolution

Beniamin Strzelecki (he/him/his)
MPA
Climate, Energy, and Environment 
Data Analytics and Quantitative Analysis

Haiyue (Nina) Sun (she/her/hers)
MPA
Climate, Energy, and Environment 
Leadership, Innovation, and Design

Adrien Tardy (he/him/his)
MIA
International Security Policy
Technology, Media, and Communications

Varun Thotli (he/his/him)
MIA
International Security Policy
International Conflict Resolution

Jiayuan Tian (he/him/his)
MIA
Urban and Social Policy
Social Policy

Ananya Tomar (she/her/hers)
MIA
International Security and Diplomacy
Intelligence Analysis, Counterterrorism, and Risk Assessment

Maxim Visnovsky (he/him/his)
MIA
International Security Policy
Regional – Russia and the Former Soviet States

Elita Yunanda (she/her/hers)
MPA-DP
Development Practice

Louisa Zinke (she/her/hers)
MIA
Climate, Energy, and Environment
Technology Policy and Innovation