Country: Turkey
University: Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Gizem is a second year MA student at Johns Hopkins University SAIS and her concentration is on International Political Economy and Economic Policy. She was born in Bursa, a small town near Istanbul, Turkey (with only a population of about 3 million!) and has her college degree from Sabanci University in Istanbul in International Studies. Simultaneously she graduated from the Royal School of Dance in Classical Ballet and Piano. Gizem has had various jobs, from being a journalist to the assistant of the Ambassador in the Turkish Embassy of Croatia. She now wants to continue her career in DC. She loves traveling and learning new languages; having visited almost every country in Europe. Gizem also loves ice skating, climbing and cooking, but dance is her life.