Rozette De Castro

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Bio/CV: 
Placement: University of California Federal Governmental Relations
Major: Political Science
Rozette De Castro is a graduating senior at UC Berkeley, pursuing a major in Political Science. She is a first generation immigrant and college student. She was born and raised in Bacolod, Philippines but for the past 6 years has identified more with the Bay Area. While at UC Berkeley, Rozette was able to find her passion in policy making specifically the accessibility of higher education. And because of that same passion she has created recruitment and retention programs for community college students during her last year in UC Berkeley. In D.C, Rozette will be working at the University of California Federal Governmental Relations where she hopes to expand her knowledge in education policies.
Role: 
Student Directors

The D.C. Lifestyle

March 5, 2018

I feel like being in this program is a life changer. In just 2 months, I've already adapted to this so-called DC lifestyle. I wake up at exactly 8 in the morning now even during my days off (without setting an alarm), sipping black coffee while I walk to work and checking twitter and news...

Getting Out of My Comfort Zone

January 31, 2018

The move to D.C was not as smooth as I expected it to be. I’m used to driving 2 hours from the Bay if I’d want to see snow not like here, where I don’t even have to step outside the Washington Center to see a bed of snow. Every time I go grocery shopping, I immediately start to think about...