Building upon her social impact background, after her graduation from IE Regina became a consultant for Community Counseling Services, a strategic fundraising firm for nonprofits. Based out of the firm’s Chicago office, she works on projects in the Midwest to help nonprofit organizations meet their objectives and needs through campaign development. Regina served as a Peace Corps volunteer, assigned to Bembou, Senegal, a 1,200-person village in southeast Senegal. There she learned Malinke, the local language, and emerged as a leader among the young American volunteers serving in the country. She oversaw capacity-building events for community health-care workers and the creation of a health club for middle-school students and conducted home visits for pregnant women and new mothers. Regina was elected by her peers to serve as the Lead Peace Corps volunteer liaison between senior staff and the 250-person volunteer community in Senegal. During her time there, she also directed a 15-day youth leadership camp for 25 middle-school students, managing 11 Peace Corps volunteers at the camp and troubleshooting all problems and emergencies that arose with her partners in Senegal’s Department of Popular and Sports Education. “I have served as an American ambassador by sharing American traditions and values with my community in exchange for a deeper understanding of Senegalese culture,” she wrote gratefully of her experience in West Africa. In addition to her Peace Corps service, Regina has worked at the Ann & Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago and as a student assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Educational Psychology. Regina planned to use her Master’s degree at IE to help her create a toolkit for immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers that provides resources on topics such as cultural norms, employment assistance and affordable housing options.