Andrea Abellan is a communications intern at Salzburg Global Seminar. She helps manage the organization's social media channels and creates content for the website. She also works closely with the participants, interviewing them and writing articles about their sessions. Prior to joining Salzburg Global in February 2017, she worked for organizations such as the European Journalism Centre (EJC) in the Netherlands and the Japan-based NGO, Peace Boat, through which she participated on an around-the-world trip as a volunteer teacher. She has a strong interest in international reporting and social issues and has extensively travelled around Russia, South-Asia and Australia. Andrea studied journalism in Spain and Italy and holds a Master's degree in new media and digital culture from Utrecht University in the Netherlands.