FIRST TRUMAN SCHOLAR IN FIU'S HISTORY

• Received a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship for the
  2006-2007 school year.

• Currently resides in Hungary while completing her Master of
  Public Policy with a specialization in fiscal decentralization at the
  Central European University in Budapest.
  
  
• As a student, majored in International Relations and interned at the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia, where she studied and worked on issues of human trafficking and prostitution.
  
  
• Under the mentorship of Dr. Bill Beesting, Honors College Fellow and Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Kelsey wrote an essay for the Truman scholarship about the issues she had confronted during her internship, recommending the formation of an international coalition to control human trafficking. “We should take a more international approach to develop policies to stop human trafficking,” proposed Kelsey, who also enrolled in two independent study courses dealing with the topic.
  
  
• Will be returning to Miami in May to work for a Chilean-based consulting firm that specializes in public health and policy reform in Latin America.
  
  
• To learn more about Kelsey and other outstanding FIU Honors College alumni, visit http://honors.fiu.edu/alumni/

* The Truman Scholarship is presented by the Harry S. Truman Foundation, a prestigious and highly competitive scholarship that recognizes college juniors with exceptional leadership potential and who are committed to careers in government, the non-profit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service.

Past Alumni Spolights - (Christina Ceballos) (Camilo Ponton) (David Cohen) (Anitere Flores)                                   (Kelsey Vaughan) (Victoria Gitman) (Frank Ramos) (Garth Graham)