Erika Dinsmore is a rising Senior at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and International Studies.  Raised in Singapore, Erika has focused her academic studies in Southeast Asia and is in the process of completing certificates in Southeast Asian Studies and Development Economics.  While spending the past semester interning in Washington, D.C., Erika interned for the Asia Program and the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative at The Wilson Center, where she investigated trends in United States-Japan trade cooperation.