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Maria Rodriguez-Dominguez '17 is helping to strengthen the U.S.-Mexico relationship by promoting cooperation across sectors and inspiring future generations in her home country.

Jackson grad Dira Fabrian represents her native Indonesia with a regional organization that promotes economic, social, and cultural progress across southeast Asia.

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan opened up about the promises and pitfalls of his country’s sustainable development journey.

Interview with Kah Walla, a Cameroonian politician, entrepreneur and social activist who ran for president in 2011. She is also the CEO of STRATEGIES!, a leadership and management consulting firm she founded in 1995. In this interview, Walla discusses her perspectives on strategies for social change in Africa.

H.E. Timothy Musa Kabba, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Sierra Leone discusses coups, climate change, and conflict minerals — and his own remarkable journey from a child soldier in his country’s civil war all the way to the UN Security Council.

Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees (Yale World Fellow ’10) talks about the interplay between the local and the global, how questions of identity shape his approach to politics, and how to fix our broken political systems.

Iván Duque, President of Colombia from 2018-2022 on climate change, populism, polarization and Latin America’s role in the new multipolar world order.

From a young age, Jackson alum Rheanne Wirkkala knew she wanted to work in government. The steps she’s taken since — from Yale to Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, and now foreign policy consulting— have been in pursuit of that dream.