Christina Smith (she/her) is a first year MA student in International Education Policy at University of Maryland where she focuses on higher education access for refugees in the United States. After completing her undergraduate degree in Global Studies, she developed and ran a college access program for high school refugees as an AmeriCorps VISTA before working at the headquarters of a refugee resettlement agency. A part-time ESL instructor, she has taught English to migrants in several contexts and is passionate about examining power structures within education systems. Her current research focuses on the culture of white supremacy within higher education and how it affects newcomers. Today, she is a proud member of the Student Voices for Refugees Network, a team of undergraduate and graduate advocates for refugee higher education nationwide. Christina speaks Spanish and has just started her first Arabic classes.