Ksenia Gutsol is a third-year student at Barnard College, where she is pursuing a B.A. degree in Economics with a concentration in Political Economy and a minor in Anthropology. She is a Dean’s List student and a recipient of the Elaine Chen and Martin Wong Scholarship. She has also been awarded the Lisa Miller Grant to support her work at Islands First.
Before coming to Islands First, Ksenia Gutsol worked at the United Nations Foundation for the Global Compact and at the Vilcek Foundation. She is interested in international relations and development economics and plans to pursue further studies in these fields.