Maria-Luiza Popescu, a native of Romania, is a political science senior at the University of Texas at Dallas minoring in business administration. As an Archer Fellow Maria-Luiza will intern with the U.S. Department of Education. She has a deep interest in educational policy and the development of creative, non-traditional educational methods for greater applicability. Maria-Luiza was the first UT Dallas student within the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU), a think-tank uniting college students, celebrities and non-profit/private sector leaders for the development of creative solutions to contemporary challenges. Maria-Luiza is the CGIU Campus Representative for UT Dallas and has introduced students to the wealth of opportunities provided by it. She is also the Social Media Manager of Richardson city councilman Amir Omar, working in conjunction with 10 other UT Dallas students on innovative city projects, the current mtvU liaison of UT Dallas, and the Public Relations Chair of Golden Key International Honour Society.