Placement: Hungarian American Coalition, Washington D.C.: September – December 2024

Zsófia Mária Habsburg-Lothringen was born and raised in Hungary. She is a Hungarian and Austrian national and has recently graduated from IE University in Madrid with a Bachelor’s in International Relations (BIR). She is fluent in Hungarian, English, German, and Spanish. In 2023, she pursued an exchange semester at the Brussels School of Governance, followed by a curricular internship at the Permanent Delegation of Hungary to NATO. She actively contributed to the delegation’s work, including preparing reports and participating in the 2023 NATO Summit preparations. During her final semester at IE University, she completed a capstone project with the European Parliament Liaison Office in Spain, focusing on the impact of disinformation in electoral processes, particularly with the rise of AI-driven disinformation tactics.