Model United Nations
"Together we aspire, together we achieve"
Year 2001 Rider NMUN Team
Our 34th Year
 Leiry Gonzalez
        I am a senior majoring in Political Science. I was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and came to America six and half years ago. I transferred to Rider University my sophomore year after being at Stockton College for one year. 
        I have become a student leader at Rider University. I have been a member of Rider's Women Tennis Team, Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. organization in which I hold the positions of Vice-President, Social Chairperson and Finance Chairperson. For two consecutive academic terms I held the position of Vice-President of the Latin American Student Organization (LASO) and also held various community
services with the purpose of helping immigrants and minorities in general.
        My beloved country was one the main catalyst in my interest on global politics. I come from a country where opportunities are not many and where poverty is extremely high. Living in a developing country helped expand my interest to learn about the different situations and lifestyles of other countries and learn how those situations affect me and where I come from. I enjoy global politics very much and that is where my
interest in Model UN comes from. In the future I would like to become a lawyer in the international field and I think that Model UN is a very useful tool for my career. I am looking forward to a great year in Model UN and to learn information that will be useful to me as a lawyer and as a member of the community. 

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