Brown, a graduate of Montego Bay High School, will begin an intensive course this month (January 2010), taking lessons from various international relations and public policy experts, including Madeleine Albright herself (a former US secretary of state and a member of the Wellesley College class of 1959).

Brown is one of just 40 students selected to participate in the Institute’s inaugural year, and later this summer she will participate in a Wellesley-funded internship in the United States or abroad – with the goal being to apply what she has learned in a real-life setting. She is currently a political science and Spanish double major, with a strong interest in serving in the Jamaican diplomatic corps one day.

Through the Institute, she hopes that she will be able to delve deeper into issues such as gender equality, international development and poverty eradication – all perennial concerns for developing countries such as her homeland, Jamaica.

Kudos to Danielle Brown, a Jamaican star shining brightly now and for the future.