Kylee is a first-generation college student from Chicago. She graduated from Indiana University Bloomington, where she earned her B.A. in International Studies with minors in both International Economics and Spanish, as well as an Area Certificate in Political & Civic Engagement, with research interests in diplomacy, security, and governance.

Inspired by what she learned at a grass roots level, she decided to gain a more top-down perspective, interning at an Italian think tank in Rome, Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale (CeSPI), where she conducted policy-oriented research for the Italian Parliament to establish Italy’s first National Human Rights Institution.

More recently, she has worked with Jeremi Group, an organization that provides subsidized education along with career preparation and placement for at-risk populations in the Chicagoland area. She also serves as Vice President of HQ Tec overseeing the development of an electronic money transmission platform to facilitate remittances from the United States to Africa.