Josie Krieger is from State College, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 2022 with degrees in history and economics. During her time at Penn State, Josie co-founded and co-directed Students Teaching Students, a student-led organization that equips and empowers undergraduates to teach credit-bearing courses. Josie began her work with displaced communities as an AmeriCorps Refugee Case Management VISTA in Kansas City, Kansas in 2021. Josie continued taking development courses as she interned with Management Systems International (MSI) on their Third Party Monitoring in Central Africa project in the spring of 2022 where she worked on the evaluation and monitoring of USAID-funded projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Josie won Penn State’s inaugural Rhea S. Schwartz Fellowship for post-graduation service work and worked at the Utah Refugee Center as an AmeriCorps Community Program Management VISTA during her service year.

Josie enjoys language learning and has studied Turkish with the Critical Language Scholarship in Baku, Azerbaijan (2019) and Ankara, Turkey (2022). Josie was a volunteer tutor for youth at the Decker Lake Detention Center and a 2023 Critical Language Scholarship Alumni Ambassador. Josie interned with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Amman, Jordan during the summer of 2024. Josie currently interns at the World Faiths Development Dialogue where she researches modern slavery and co-authored the IF20 Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Partnerships for Solutions Policy Brief.

Josie spent the summer of 2024 working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Amman, Jordan as a Development Unit Intern. During her internship, Josie focused on enhancing refugee economic resilience and exploring complementary pathway resettlement opportunities. She analyzed healthcare access data, identifying correlations between availability, refugee income, and program funding to inform policy recommendations. Additionally, she worked on establishing strategic partnerships with private organizations, community leaders, and government entities to promote collaborative advocacy and employment-based resettlement initiatives. In her free time, Josie enjoys reading, rock climbing, and exploring the outdoors.