Rising third-year WGSS student Nina Thomas selected for prestigious summer internship with Congressional Black Caucus

Congratulations to WGSS student Nina Thomas, who has been selected for a prestigious summer internship with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

Nina is from Chicago, Illinois and is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. She is a rising third year and her areas of interest include women’s empowerment in United States foreign policy, sexual and gender based violence, and queer thought. Over the summer, Nina will work as an intern with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF)  in Washington, D.C., where she hopes to be involved in legislation protecting the reproductive rights of women and the LGBTQ+ community. After graduating from Penn State, Nina wants to pursue a graduate degree concentrating on the involvement of women in foreign affairs.