Mikiko Galpin, LAW ’24, is a 2022 Law and Public Policy scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law where he serves as a student coordinator for the Temple Law Name Change Project and Secretary for the International Law Society. Mikiko graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.F.A. in Creative Writing.
During his undergraduate studies, he participated in a research seminar abroad in Poland and published a paper through the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum focusing on the lack of acknowledgement for the Romani genocide during World War II. Mikiko has also published work in both fiction and nonfiction, exploring the experiences of marginalized identities, particularly transgender men.
This summer, Mikiko is interning with the National LGBTQ Task Force as a Holley Policy Law Fellow. Mikiko’s policy interests include LGBTQ+ rights and international human rights with a focus on atrocity prevention.