Jessica MeyerzonJessica Meyerzon is originally from Seattle, Washington. She graduated from Lewis and Clark College in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and Foreign Languages (Russian/Spanish). After graduating, she spent one year teaching at Baranovichi State University in Baranovichi, Belarus as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant. She has also worked for American Councils for International Education, where she was a participant recruiter for their Future Leaders Exchange program (FLEX) in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Estonia. In addition to the MAERES program, Jessica is currently pursuing a certificate in International Business Diplomacy and recently did a summer internship with Ericsson in Sweden as a Wallenberg International Fellow. Her academic and professional interests include public and cultural diplomacy, as well as collaborations between the public and private sector to combat complex global issues.