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Kristen Ziccarelli

Director of Production and Policy Analyst, Center for Homeland Security and Immigration

We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars

- Oscar Wilde

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Kristen Ziccarelli grew up in Germany, Slovenia, Boston, Chicago, and Virginia, and serves as the Director of Production and Policy Analyst in the Center for Homeland Security and Immigration at AFPI. She was previously a White House Intern with the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs during the Summer of 2020, where she helped coordinate between state and local leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kristen also nurtured her passion for diplomacy working at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, Germany for three summer terms. In 2021, she founded the media organization Respect Perspective to encourage people to see all sides of controversial issues. Kristen attended the University of Edinburgh in Scotland for her Master’s in International Business and received Bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Finance at Christopher Newport University.

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