Angelique Edwards

Hi! My name is Angelique Edwards. I am a dreamer, optimist, and activist. I have a passion for human rights and social justice and intend to make a difference in this realm by focusing on non-traditional security challenges. I am a student at the Georgia Institute of Technology with a major in International Affairs and Spanish. I have been awarded faculty honors two terms in a row, for my 4.0 GPA and I strive for excellence in everything that I do. In my International Affairs degree, I aim to focus in international security and global development. I have begun my work in this arena outside the classroom as a research intern for the International Human Trafficking Institute, a program of the Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta, GA. As a delved deeper into illegal trafficking as a non-traditional security challenge I had a desire to study abroad and learn more from a global perspective. This Summer I studied abroad in Southeast Asia on a program focused on analyzing the non-traditional security issues prevalent in the region. As a Spanish major as well, I have a strong interest in Latin American culture and am fluent in the language. I have done of my community service in the Latin community, by tutoring young immigrants how hoe to read and write. I find great importance in community and am therefore very involved in school. As a freshman, I was selected for the most competitive Freshman Leadership Organization, a member of Student Government, a worker for the college of computing in teaching elementary school student about STEM, and leader on the service project for the Black History Month Committee of the African American Student Union. As a sophomore, I look forward to working as a resident assistant for the department of housing along with continuing participation in many of the same organizations.