Ksenia Avezov is currently working on a conflict resolution project at the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in Sweden.In 2008, she served as an academic intern for the Salzburg Global Seminar's International Study Program in Salzburg, Austria and she is an alumna of the Salzburg Global Seminar's International Study Program 18 on Global Citizenship: America and the World which was held in 2007. Ms. Avezov received an Associate's degree from Borough of Manhattan Community College, a B.A. in political science from Hunter College, and an M.A. in conflict resolution and international development from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California.