Netta Horowitz, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, is a second-year MSFS student concentrating in Global Politics and Security at the Walsh School of Foreign Service. Her studies are concentrated in conflict management and international security, particularly in the MENA region. Netta is currently working as a Government Relations Strategy Co-Op at CAE. She previously was a Senior Consultant within Guidehouse's National Security Segment supporting projects at the U.S. Department of State. She also served as a Research Assistant at the Ronald Reagan Institute’s Center for Freedom & Democracy conducting research on democracy promotion and countering authoritarian threats. In this role, she supported the facilitation of the Westminster 2.0 Working Group which convened leading policymakers and thought leaders to make recommendations for modernizing the U.S. democracy promotion framework in the context of 21st-century challenges and opportunities. She obtained her B.A. with a double major in Global Studies and Communications from the University of California, Los Angeles.