 Hi, my name is Nadine Dau. I study the Masters of Science in Poverty Reduction Policy and Practice and I specialise in Development Management. I'm currently a United Nations staff member. I work as a Communication Officer at the Office of the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator based in Beirut. My current job is mainly to provide communication support to the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator but also to the UN Information Centre. I develop communication activities. I manage media opportunities and UN campaigns all related to the context of Lebanon but also falling under the Global Goals, the Sustainable Development Goals. Before taking up my current position as Communication Officer I was a researcher at the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. So the degree I got from SWAS helped me a lot. It helped me hone my analytical and research skills but I would also say it improved my writing skills as well because thanks to this degree and how it helped me to think, to analyse, to synthesise and even to evaluate in a critical manner I was able to author and co-author a number of publications and studies on civic participation, social justice and participatory democracy. And in my current position now I would say that this degree also helped me because it taught me how to link the global socioeconomic development priorities with my communication activities. So anyway, it helped me communicate with a purpose which is to mean to help the people care about what's going on in the world. It helped me help the people to connect with the UN and move them to take action about important issues that Lebanon is going through and also global issues like climate change and other environmental priorities at the global level.