Julia is a political and business risk intelligence professional and a scholar in transnational security and counterterrorism policy. She received a Master of Science in Global Affairs (Summa Cum Laude) at New York University, and specialized on the intersection between Transnational Security and Peacebuilding with a concentration on the Middle East/North Africa region. She has worked for political parties and the Government of Canada, various foreign policy think tanks, as a risk analyst, and as a Consultant at the United Nations Development Programme concerning issues of Countering and Preventing Violent Extremism (C/PVE) in the Arab Region. She pursued her Graduate Capstone program in Amman, Jordan, where she evaluated current C/PVE programming for its effectiveness in addressing the push/pull factors of violent extremism in Jordan and beyond.