Monica Niewiarowski is a junior political science major at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is a Eugene McDermott Scholar, a member of the Collegium V honors college, and a member of Phi Kappa Phi. Monica has worked at the Dallas Public Defender Office as an intern in the Mental Health Division and she has also interned at Van Wey Law, PLLC, a personal injury law firm. She is a competitor in Moot Court, placing second in the 2010 South Central Regional Tournament and ranking nationally. Monica has planned events and fundraising for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital through Delta Delta Delta women's fraternity. In the past, Monica has traveled abroad to study Venetian literature in the Italian Alps, tutored children in underprivileged schools, worked with Habitat for Humanity, and served as a Student Ambassador to the Office of the President. While in Washington, D.C., Monica will intern at the U.S. Supreme Court.