Gabriella Quesada is a junior Liberal Arts Honors Distinguished Scholar at The University of Texas at Austin, double-majoring in government and Italian studies. On campus, Quesada served as an Italian ambassador for the Department of French and Italian, a clerk for the Supreme Court of the Student Government, a research fellow with the J.J. Pickle Undergraduate Research Fellowship, and a staff writer for the Texas Undergraduate Law Journal. Professionally, she worked at Texans for Lawsuit Reform, one of the state’s most influential political action committees, where she contributed to legislative research during the 89th Texas Legislative Session, sparking her passion for policymaking. She also studied abroad in Rome and Milan, experiences that deepened her global outlook. Inspired since the fifth grade to pursue a career in law, Quesada aims to represent companies abroad while fostering international cooperation.