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Alexia DeVincentis

Biography

Alexia De Vincentis says her experience at a remote clinic in Argentina, where there was no medication to relieve her pain during her hospitalization following a bus accident, inspired her to pursue a career in development. "I was witnessing first-hand the marked inequalities that pervade the region. Though I would soon be transported to the country's capital and later to the United States to embark on my recovery process, my thoughts continually returned to those whose fates would be determined in that unequipped hospital."

She says her work in Latin America, including prestigious research fellowships in Argentina and Peru, has convinced her that law and development are inextricable. After she completes her joint degree, Alexia plans to work in development. Eventually, she hopes to become a professor, bringing her passion and her real-world experience to the classroom to engage and inspire her students as her professors did her.

Alexia says the seeds of her ambition were sown early in childhood, when she found security and stability in school from a home life where her single mother encouraged academic achievement but struggled to provide financially. Her intellectual curiosity blossomed, and she realized that academic success would be the key to overcoming socioeconomic boundaries. "Once at college, I began to broaden and redefine my goals; I learned that I could use my education not only as a means for self-improvement but also as a powerful tool to help others."

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