Natalie Dolenga is a is a senior attending Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship & Civic Affairs in Syracuse, NY. She will graduate in December 2024 with an international relations major (with concentrations in Europe and International Security & Diplomacy) and minors in Spanish and Political Science. In addition to being an ICCAE Scholar (Intelligence Community Centers for Academic excellence) and Honors student in the Renée Crown Honors Program, she has worked as a Peer Leader for first-year students and co-founded WINS (Women in National Security) at SU.
Natalie has a passion for languages, having been awarded the Seal of Biliteracy in 2020 for the Spanish language and currently studying both Spanish and French. As an ICCAE Scholar, she participated in their immersive Summer Seminar in DC, where she engaged in an analytic simulation involving daily intelligence reports and a final National Security Council meeting.
She also spent the Spring 2024 semester studying abroad in Madrid, Spain, for an opportunity to immerse herself in Spanish culture, international relations and EU affairs.