Irena Petryk

Biography

Irena Petryk is a senior at Northwestern University majoring in economics and international studies. She is passionate about promoting economic development and has worked at the Global Poverty Research Lab, the US Agency for International Development, the US Department of State, and the White House. She co-founded Northwestern for Ukraine, which fundraises for humanitarian organizations working in Ukraine, and leads the associate board of Expanding Lives, a non-profit organization promoting women’s education in West Africa. She is a 2022 Obama-Chesky Scholar. In her free time, she enjoys baking, biking, and listening to This American Life. At Oxford, she hopes to further her studies in economic development and global governance.