This summer, I interned as a research intern at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars think tank, located in Washington, D.C. I was working under the mentorship of Mr. Michael Kugelman, Deputy Director of the Asia Program and Senior Associate for South Asia.

Recently, the IGL had the opportunity to speak with two IGL alum, Katherine Monson and Lauren Milord, about their careers in the space industry. Monson is the CEO of KSAT Inc. for Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), a service that provides ground station services for satellites, rocket launchers, and experimental spacecraft.

Sponsored by the Institute for Global Leadership and The World Peace Foundation, one of the Fletcher School’s most active research centers, the new podcast series “African Voices, African Arguments” explores issues of peace, justice, and democracy.

After arriving home from my two-week study abroad, I was lost for what to do with myself. Sent back before the program even began, the next six months of my calendar – March through the start of school in September - were suddenly very open; the only scheduled event was my mandatory quarantine beginning just after landing at JFK.