Amelia Thoreson is a fourth-year student from Eden Prairie, MN. She is pursuing a double major in International Relations on the Conflict and Foreign Policy track and Spanish with a minor in Latino/a/x Studies. Amelia has been a member of the team since August of 2020, and she currently serves as the team leader. She has previously been involved with the Iowa Policy and Opinion Lab, and she has conducted independent research into the implementation of the 2016 peace agreement between the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Amelia is currently researching how peace agreement implementation affects conflict resurgence and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on ongoing civil conflicts. She previously interned with the Consular Section of the U.S. Mission to Ecuador with the Embassy in Quito, and she currently interns with the U.S. Mission to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Amelia is also the President of her sorority (Alpha Epsilon Phi) and the President and Founder of the Spanish Club at the University of Iowa. After graduating, Amelia plans to work in the Washington, DC area before attending graduate school for International Affairs with the goal of becoming a U.S. Foreign Service Officer.