Nicole Clifford was a Project Assistant at the Stockholm Free World Forum for summer 2015 as well as intern during the 2015 spring semester, before graduating from Uppsala University with a masters degree in political science. She has experience in American politics and public policy but also has a special interest in Swedish politics and the political situation in Vietnam. Her master’s thesis was on changes in Swedish governance networks during the policymaking process. Nicole worked in Washington D.C. for three years and has been both an intern and a staffer for two Congressmen from California, where she was born.