Rubi Bledsoe is a second-year Master of Global Policy student at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. She graduated magna cum laude from Middlebury College where she earned a B.A. in International and Global Studies with a focus on the Middle East and Arabic. Rubi speaks four languages and has lived and worked in the Middle East. At the LBJ School, Rubi specializes in diplomacy and national security, and her research interests include the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and counterterrorism. As a 21-22 Brumley Fellow, Rubi worked with Dr. Bianca Adair. Dr. Adair is an officer in the Directorate of Operations at the Central Intelligence Agency and is currently serving as the Resident Intelligence Officer at UT Austin.