Colleen Scribner is program officer at the Lifeline Fund for Embattled CSOs and the 2020 human rights fellow at Young Professional in Foreign Policy. She has previously held positions at the Public International Law and Policy Group, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery. She holds an MA in Global Governance, Politics and Security from American University’s School of International Service and a BA in Diplomacy and World Affairs from Occidental College.