Naidi Valverde-Romero
Naidi Valverde-Romero is a senior at Kent State majoring in International Relations and minoring in Chinese. She is currently working with Dr. Sara Koopman through the SURE program on a project archiving blogs that document international protective accompaniment in Colombia. Naidi is also a member of the first cohort of SURE students supported by the Anti-Racism and Equity Institute. The Institute is a research collaborative that advances racial justice through research and scholarship. The research Naidi assisted with over the summer was working to understand the ways in which race, gender, internationality, etc. interconnect and affect the ways in which peacemaking is accomplished. Upon graduation, Naidi plans to pursue a master's in library sciences with a focus on archival studies.