Andzela Rudzīte is a student of Riga Stradins University in the International Relations - European Studies program. Angela practices as a research assistant at the Institute of Foreign Policy of Latvia. Academic interests include the dynamics of US-Middle East relations, as well as the topic of defence of the Baltic states. Angela has spent an exchange year in the USA, participating in the American Institute for Foreign Study program, and in 2022 she was a Latvian youth delegate at the Congress of Local and Regional Municipalities of the Council of Europe.