— Makayla Kegerreis —

Makayla is an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and International Studies with a focus in International Security, Norms, and Cooperation and a minor in Social Media Analysis and Design. She holds numerous leadership positions within student organizations on campus, such as UNICEF-UM, One Thousand Schools, and Sigma Iota Rho International Studies Honor Society. Her interest in forced displacement and sexual violence in conflict was a key factor in deciding to intern in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After undergraduate studies, she hopes to attend graduate school to pursue a PhD in anthropology or a related field to conduct research on both media and sexual violence and their relationship to displacement.