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For Jacqueline, it was the student body, which she describes as 鈥渁 really diverse group of people from all over the world,鈥� that made classroom dialogue so engaging and extracurricular activities so lively. She cites The Planet (a student publication active between the 1980s and 2000s), for which she was the Circulation Director and subsequently Managing Editor, as a place where students could passionately debate current global issues, which at the time included the Berlin Wall coming down and the fall of former President of Romania Nicolae Ceau葯escu. 鈥淓specially as an American from the Midwest, these are things that captured your imagination.鈥� AUP's location in Paris meant that Jacqueline and her classmates were able to experience these events first hand. 鈥淭he fact that we were there meant we could participate in that moment.鈥�

She looks back on the cultural negotiation in the classroom, and how she spent her time on campus getting to know students from other countries: 鈥淪ome of the classes allowed me to question my own ideas, to give me perspective on things I didn鈥檛 know. They showed me that nothing I previously knew was concrete.鈥� She believes such exposure to other cultures helps develop empathy 鈥� a quality she sees as lacking in the world today. 鈥淚 feel that鈥檚 where a lot of our discord comes from 鈥� our inability to recognize others and value them for who they are.鈥� She draws a line between this lack of empathy and some of today鈥檚 biggest issues, from climate change to racial injustice.聽

Today, through her career in marketing, she aims to help people learn to walk in another person鈥檚 shoes. At Facebook, she adapts international content for the German consumer. Her work lets her focus on the important issues of the moment including Covid-19 and fostering integration in Germany. She wants to help Facebook 鈥渟how up in a moment that is so charged鈥� by directing consumers鈥� attention and telling meaningful stories through marketing. She also enjoys watching her stories play out on the big screen. 鈥淪itting in a movie theater and having your ad come on and listening to the crowd go quiet as they watch and then elbowing your friend and going 鈥榥ot bad, no?鈥� is a really cool feeling.鈥�

Jacqueline has also shown up in a big way for the 91吃瓜网community. During the past several years, she has served on the President鈥檚 Alumni Advisory Council 鈥� an alumni body that regularly meets to support and advise President Celeste Schenck on various University issues. Starting this year, she will also be lending her leadership and vision to the University as she joins the 91吃瓜网Board of Trustees.