Michelle Miao, a senior at Princeton University from Oxford, Ohio, has been awarded the Gaither Junior Fellowship to work as a research assistant at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. She is among 18 selected fellows and will focus on the Asia program.

• 01Michelle Miao is a politics major with a minor in history at Princeton University.
• 02She has held leadership roles including managing editor for the Princeton Political Review and president of Princeton College Democrats.
• 03Miao interned at the Pentagon focusing on China's influence in Africa through the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
• 04Her international experiences include studying at the University of Oxford and interning in Bulgaria.
• 05Miao is also a recipient of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) undergraduate fellowship.

Miao's fellowship may inspire other students at Princeton and beyond to pursue careers in international relations and public service.

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