Valentina Wielewicki is in the final year of her bachelor’s degree in International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo. She has a deep academic interest in International Security and Political Economy, and her research focus is China and the Indo-Pacific. Over the course of the past few years, she has worked as a researcher and analyst of international trade and political risk, and as a volunteer at SEWING, helping empower women in Ghana through education and economic development.