Alyssa is a dual degree J.D./M.S. candidate. She obtained undergraduate degrees in both Psychology and Politics, which kindled her interest in the multifaceted overlaps between societal structures and individual minds. In her final undergraduate year, she was a visiting student at Hertford College, Oxford, where she pursued an opportunity to research transnational mobility of organized crime with tutors from the criminology department. She is actively involved in the Journal of International Law and various affinity groups at Penn. Beyond academia, she loves travelling, learning new languages, and discovering local hidden gems.