Patrick Springer served as a program associate for the Migration, Remittances, and Development program as well as program assistant for Think Tank Haiti. Springer graduated from American University with a master’s degree in US Foreign Policy and National Security and from UMass Boston with a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and a minor in Spanish. Prior to the Dialogue, Springer interned at the Organization of American States, Global Americans, and several local government offices in Pennsylvania. Springer has studied abroad in Canada, Costa Rica, and Cuba, and speaks Spanish and French.