When U Grow Up: You want to be a Movement Maker for Refugee Rights and Asylum Law

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

WHEN U GROW UP MEDIA

SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 1

Tere’ssa is studying political science and pre-law, and is wondering about her first move into a world facing a pandemic and taking risks as a professional. Nina shares her journey into service from Hopkins, to the classroom, to the DOJ, and then into non-profit refugee work.

3:33 – The path from teaching, to law school, to refugee work

10:24 – Government work vs. non-profit work

12:24 – Is the UN a dream job?

14:46 – Being willing to live in the grey

25:28 – “No one I know has had a linear path”