Mariam Vargas

Mariam is a senior Political Science and International Relations double major with a minor in human rights. She is interested in pursuing a career as a diplomat. At UConn, Mariam is the president of the Dominican Student Association, is involved in USG and works as a Research Assistant in human rights. She is a Cohort 6 BOLD Scholar, 2023 Rangel Scholar from the Department of State. In her free time she enjoys reading thriller and murder mystery novels and traveling abroad. Growing up in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Mariam has witnessed the way climate change has disproportionately affected smaller nations in the Global South.