Ximena Flores ’12 is a native New Yorker. Always an avid traveler, Ximena has lived in a number of countries, including Mexico (where she was born), Nicaragua, China and Switzerland. Having grown up just north of Manhattan for most of her formative years, she moved to the mid-west for college where she attended the University of Michigan and received her bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Peace and Social Justice. After college, Ximena moved back to Philadelphia, where she is a student at Temple University Beasley School of Law.
As a Law &Public Policy Scholar, Ximena has had the opportunity to merge two of her passions; policy and law. Ximena has always been interested in civil and human rights and public policy, and her multifaceted experience as a Law & Public Policy Scholar has allowed her a deep and integrated understanding of the intersection of these fields. Ximena’s internship with the Voter Protection Department of the Democratic National Committee has provided her with insight into this intersection as it impacts one of the basic rights of citizenship. As a newly naturalized citizen, Ximena was honored to be working to protect the fundamental American right to vote, especially during an election year.