Fall 2006 Interns

Morgan Cosby graduated in December 2006 from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, with a B.A. in International Development Studies. Morgan was International Development Studies Student of the Year 2005-2006, at PLNU, has volunteered with Junior Achievement, and spent the summer of 2006 in studying Spanish in Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala.

Jennifer Rhodes received her B.A. in International Relations from USD in December of 2006. Jennifer acquired her love of traveling and an interest in other cultures while on a month long trip to Europe with her high school French class. She studied abroad for a semester in Florence, Italy during her freshman year. After studying abroad, she took a sabbatical from college and traveled through Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Mexico for three years. She is interested in both domestic and international politics, and hopes to move to Washington D.C. after graduation. During the past summer, she served as an intern in the office of California State Assembly member Lori Saldaña. Jennifer was born and raised in San Luis Obispo, California.

Marilyn Shapley graduated in December from UCSD's Sixth College, with a B.A. in International Studies. She comes to IPJ after spending a year studying at the American University in Cairo, where she was active in the International Model UN and served on the Cairo International Model UN Commission on Human Rights and was named Best Delegate 2006.

Michelle Takagishi-Almeida earned her B.A. in International Studies with a minor in Conflict Resolution from the University of California, Irvine. She has studied and traveled in France and Spain and been active in Model UN, and includes law school in her future plans.