Sanjana Kumar is a sophomore from San Diego, California studying in the School of Public and International Affairs with minors in Environmental Studies, and Technology and Society. Her research focuses on the geopolitics of just transitions to alternative energy and sustainable technology in the Global South, specifically examining multinational energy economies in Brazil and South Africa. She has also explored the efficacy of codified asylum protections, primarily in Latin America, concentrating on factors and implications of large-scale displacement. This summer, Sanjana studied European Union climate mitigation initiatives through examining volatile organic compounds in Julich, Germany. Following this, she conducted fieldwork on sustainable agriculture policy shifts using econometric analysis in Nairobi, Kenya. She previously worked in Trento, Italy as an international research fellow in air pollution analysis and degradation. At Princeton, she works to investigate and file asylum claims at Pro Se Legal Clinic Solidaridad, writes for the Princeton Legal Journal, and competes with Princeton Debate Panel. Sanjana speaks English and Spanish.