Zara Williamson CC’26 majored in political science and human rights. Last summer, following her semester abroad at the University of Oxford, she was a civil legal advocacy intern at Bronx Defenders, supporting attorneys across practices to address collateral civil consequences. She also served as a political affairs intern at the Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations, drafting reports and speeches on Third Committee issues. Williamson has also held positions with the World Federation of United Nations Associations and The Remedy Project. On campus, she is a lead editor in the Print Division of the Columbia Undergraduate Law Review and a research assistant to Professor Elizabeth Saunders at the The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, where she produced the Chalkboard Politics podcast in partnership with Good Authority. Williamson is a John Jay Scholar, Saltzman Student Scholar, Institute of Global Politics Student Circle Scholar, and a member of Pi Sigma Alpha. Outside of academics, you can find her onstage as co-president of Raw Elementz Hip Hop Troupe.