Courtney Welch is a Senior at Brigham Young University double majoring in Political Science and Korean. In her undergrad research, she analyzed U.S. foreign policy towards North Korea, suggesting new policy implementations and the trend in South Korean support for reunification. Courtney served an eighteen-month service mission, where she grew interested in Korean history and the complicated relationship between North and South Korea. In 2021, Courtney attended Kyung Hee University for a semester, where she participated in Liberty in North Korea as an English tutor to North Korean refugees attending university. Through interacting with North Korean refugees and hearing their stories, Courtney became interested in the human rights violations taking place in North Korea and began to look for ways to help North Korean refugees by sharing their stories of abuse. Through interning at HRNK, she hopes to learn more about the efforts being made to help North Koreans to know what future efforts can be made to help.