Natalia Carrusca was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She studied International Relations at the Pontifical University of Minas Gerais, with a dissertation about media coverage of the conflict in Western Sahara. She is now pursuing a Masters in "Peace, Security and Development" at the University of Coimbra. She has previously worked in Brussels as a Project Assistant at the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation
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