Alena Sergueev is an intern for the DOE Office of Public Affairs for the Spring of 2022, through the DOE Student Volunteer Program. As a creative individual, she has been applying her experience and vision to graphics and social media content during her internship. Alena is a junior majoring in International Relations with minors in Chinese and International Development and Conflict Management at the University of Maryland. After graduation, she hopes to pursue research in international relations, especially as it relates to environmental politics and development.