Lydia Johnson

Lydia Johnson is a 2019 graduate of Howard University, holding degrees in
Spanish and Political Science. Throughout her academic and professional
careers she has committed herself to global servant leadership and
empowerment through education, and has traveled, lived, and worked in
seventeen different countries. Lydia is a current Fulbright ETA grantee to
Panama, where she supports English coursework at the primary and university level. Prior to beginning her Fulbright, she worked as a Program Assistant for the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, as a Research Fellow for Her Term, a Political Organizing Fellow with The Working Families Party, and a Summer Fellow with The Peace and Security Funders Group.

Along with being a 2022 Pipeline Fellow, she serves on the leadership board for the Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation (WCAPS) Georgia chapter. She is multilingual and has studied Spanish, Japanese, French, Portuguese, and Latin. She is also a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. She has a genuine passion for international affairs, most notably supporting students from underrepresented and minority backgrounds through academic spaces. Lydia plans to someday start her own nonprofit organization to create accessible international education opportunities for low-income Black and POC students focused on minority identities and Black culture throughout the African Diaspora. In her free time she loves to cook, binge horror movies, and play indie games on her Nintendo Switch.