After reading “Death Without Weeping” in IB anthropology- an ethnography about shanty towns in northeast Brazil that explores topics such as the rise of liberation theology, I discovered Mujerista theology- the feminist version of the movement. Thus, I would love explore how Mujerista theology has impacted women’s health, attitudes, and rights. At American University, I would do this from an interdisciplinary perspective (anthropology, politics, and international studies) by using the global health arm of the Center for Latin American &...

My social justice focused church community and diverse high school have made me passionate about women’s rights and politics, but so far I have only directly been involved in them in Ohio. At AU, I can expand my paradigm by using the Women in Politics Institute to gain internship experience in national politics. Also, although I’ve been studying Latin America frequently in school, the fact that AU has the country’s largest international affairs school means I’ll...

Women’s rights, health, and politics have been an important part of my life: taking briefing notes during hours of state House committee hearings on public health and government oversight, helping to teach responsible sexual health education sessions, and completing independent research on the women’s health movement. Rochester would give me the opportunity to explore these interests in a hands-on manner through the Rocxxy summer program and becoming part of the Political Science & International Relations Undergraduate Council, where I...

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