Kathryn Stewart graduated from Scripps College in Claremont, California in 1999 with a BA in Politics and International Relations.  While at Scripps, Kathryn spent a summer working at the Population Council in Mexico City, where she did research for her senior thesis.  Shortly after graduation, Kathryn joined the Peace Corps and served as a Rural Health Volunteer in Cote D'Ivoire.  Her work focused primarily on prenatal and infant health as well as HIV/AIDS education.  Her service was cut short by civil unrest that resulted in the evacuation of all Peace Corps Volunteers from the country.  Kathryn has spent the last two years doing reproductive and sexual health research for the Guttmacher Institute in New York.  She will be pursuing a dual degree in Public Health and Public Policy at U.C. Berkeley this fall.