Monica Orillo’s graduate education at the University ofHawaiʻiat Mānoa served as a launching pad to her future foreign service career with the U.S. Department of State.
Orillo, a native of Phoenix, Arizona, was a recipient of theThomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship, which included funds for tuition and living expenses, as well as a five-year position as a public diplomacy officer with the U.S. Department of State after graduation.
Read the full story at UH News: From classroom to nation’s capital: UH grad, diplomat’s journey.
Monica Orillo moderated the Q&A session of a trilateral town hall with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Philip Goldberg. (Photo courtesy: Monica Orillo)