Larissa graduated from her bachelor’s degree in International Relations at King’s College London writing a dissertation on Indigenous women’s activism in Latin America. Upon graduation, she interned with Peace Brigades International Switzerland, where she gained insights into the work to protect human rights defenders as an assistant in project accompaniment and fundraising and joined foraus in February 2021 as a Policy Kitchen intern. She is particularly interested in gender and feminist issues and Swiss policy in the field of development cooperation.