Isabella Mekker is a program associate at IRI, where she supports the Conflict Prevention and Stabilization and Countering Foreign Authoritarian Influence practices. She is a recent graduate of the Elliott School of International Affairs Master’s program at The George Washington University where she focused on Global Gender Policy and International Development. Mekker has field experience in Myanmar, having worked at the Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security where she focused on conflict monitoring and gender, peace, and security.