Yoselin Colin

Yoselin Colin is a rising senior in Berkeley College at Yale University, double majoring in Political Science and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration, with a certificate in Intensive Human Rights. Originally from San Francisco, she is passionate about both domestic and international affairs and values engaging with people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

Her academic interests lie at the intersection of law and policy with a focus on access to justice, mitigation work, post-conflict justice, and peacebuilding. These interests have been shaped through her coursework in human rights, which has exposed her to a wide range of global contexts and legal frameworks. Her regional interests span Central and South America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

As a Mexican American and the daughter of immigrants, she is also deeply committed to issues surrounding immigration policy and equitable access to justice. She has worked with the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office on policy initiatives and with the Federal Public Defender’s Office for the District of Connecticut, where she supported work primarily involving undocumented immigrants from across Central and South America and learned about the factors driving migration and the challenges individuals face on their journeys to the United States.

At Yale, she has been involved with the Yale College Democrats, Yale Model United Nations, and the Yale MacMillan Center’s global programs. Outside the classroom, she enjoys reading, spending time outdoors, and traveling. She is trilingual in English, Spanish, and French.