By Federico Burlon '10
Rosario, Argentina
International Studies, Political Science
After Mac: London School of Economics

Macalester’s setting, halfway between the downtowns of St. Paul and Minneapolis, provides great access to internships.

In my four years at Mac, I interned with several organizations, including:

• Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
  Community Affairs program, researched home ownership patterns on American Indian reservations in Minnesota and surrounding states
  Led to a co-authored paper with my supervisor that was published in the Bank's Community Dividend
  
• Grassroots Solutions
  a firm in Minneapolis that provides consulting services in the areas of organizing and advocacy, worked on climate change and sustainable food issues
  
• The Advocates for Human Rights
  worked with asylum seekers and immigrants in deportation proceedings

Since graduation, I have gone on to the master’s program in human rights at the London School of Economics, and my internships were instrumental in this plan for my future.