Lunch With Leaders | So You Want to Be a Diplomat? 101

If you are interested in a career in foreign services, this is the program for you! The Alaska World Affairs Council teamed up with DOS Diplomat in Residence - Northwest to give you the chance to hear from the Northwestern Diplomat in Residence, Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm. Micaela shared how to get involved in foreign services what makes a career in the Department of State exciting, from assisting North Macedonia's entry into NATO - a 25 year U.S. policy goal, assisting sick and injured U.S. mountaineers in Nepal, to coaching new Iraqi journalists on the role of an independent press.