Claire McCrea is first-year student at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies pursuing a master’s degree in International Relations with a concentration in Korea studies and human rights. She studied Korean at Ewha Womans University in 2017 through a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) fellowship and again in 2019 through a Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship. While an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University, she conducted research on the role played by U.S. foreign policymakers in combating human rights abuses in North Korea as well as on the culture and politics of Chongryon (or the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan). As a research intern at HRNK, Claire hopes to play a direct role in promoting human rights in North Korea and begin her career in human rights advocacy.