Nicole Lopez

I am a first-generation Colombian American and recent college graduate with a degree in

Political Science focusing on International Relations and a minor in Human Rights. I am

passionate about disaster relief, social justice, and comparative politics. I served as the President

of the Global Public Health Brigade Chapter for three years at San Jose State University. With

GPHB we traveled to Honduras every summer aiming to improve public health in rural Southern

Honduras. I am also an IsraAID Humanitarian Aid Fellow that was stationed in Puerto Rico

after Hurricane Maria to address water-related diseases. I currently volunteer with Team Rubicon

as leadership for brief disaster relief deployments all throughout the United States. After the

pandemic is more stable I plan on attending law school for which I fully intend to do another

year to gain mastery of International Humanitarian Law. This seeks to limit the effects of armed

conflict and protect those who are not taking part in the fighting. While my LLM degree would

focus on ongoing armed conflicts; I would like to learn about peacebuilding post-conflict so I

can have a better understanding of what we are working towards and how we can achieve that.