Natasha Kokkodil is a senior at The University of Texas at Dallas, majoring in political science. On campus, she served as a UT Dallas Student Government senator in the Diversity and Belonging Committee, the co-president of the civic engagement group Texas Rising, an advocacy lead for the gun sense group, Students Demand Action, and the co-president of the refugee education group Paper Airplanes. She participates actively in many other organizations and finds value in enriching her campus environment. Her prior research experience includes serving as the youth engagement liaison for the AAPI civic engagement group Asian Texans for Justice, where she conducted research and built project recommendations that addressed the barriers and areas of development for AAPI youth voters. Kokkodil is imbued with a passion to advocate for those around her. As an Archer Fellow, she hopes to acquire a sharper perspective on domestic and international power structures in the policy arena, transfer skills to the many organizations she spearheads, and launch her career as an aspiring attorney focusing on human rights and employment law.