{"id":1817,"date":"2025-06-03T12:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/?page_id=1817"},"modified":"2025-06-03T13:19:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T17:19:42","slug":"student-alumni-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/student-alumni-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Student\/Alumni Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: 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Why did you\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            \n        <\/div>\n    \n    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/npsia-students-on-exchange-in-paris\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n            View Page\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                titled\n                NPSIA Students on Exchange in Paris\n            <\/span>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/footer>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    \n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n            <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2025\/06\/Makenzie-OQuinn-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n        <\/figure>\n    \n    \n        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        From Mi\u2019kma\u2019ki to Geneva: Makenzie O\u2019Quinn\u2019s Transformative Summer\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n\n                        \n\n                                        <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    This past summer, Makenzie O\u2019Quinn, a 2nd yr. MA student at NPSIA, embarked on an amazing journey as a Junior Policy Analyst with the Permanent\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            \n        <\/div>\n    \n    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/from-mikmaki-to-geneva-makenzie-oquinns-transformative-summer\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n            View Page\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                titled\n                From Mi\u2019kma\u2019ki to Geneva: Makenzie O\u2019Quinn\u2019s Transformative Summer\n            <\/span>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/footer>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    \n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n            <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2025\/06\/lisa-baroldi-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n        <\/figure>\n    \n    \n        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Alumni Stories: Lisa Baroldi\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n\n                        \n\n                                        <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Beyond Academia and Government: NPSIA Alum Lisa Baroldi&#8217;s Diverse Path to Success After completing her studies at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA),\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n  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