Lydia Mackey is a sophomore majoring in International Relations and Spanish from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is specifically interested in Latin American social and economic development, immigration issues as well as international crisis prevention and management. Outside of GPI, she is a research lead for the Near Crisis Project with Professor James, a student worker for the Dean of the USC Gould School of Law, a volunteer with the USC Teaching International Relations Program and a new member of Delta Phi Epsilon, USC’s foreign service society.