Joshua Carlo Pile is a Master of Global Affairs - International Peace Studies concentration student at the University of Notre Dame and a recipient of the Kroc Institute Fellowship. He is a writer and communications specialist with a strong background in political science and over ten years of extensive experience in communications and public relations. He also has experience in research on various areas such as democracy, gender, populism, human rights, and armed conflict. Joshua has worked on presidential and senatorial campaigns in the Philippines and has engaged in communicating peace, climate, human rights, justice, and other issues of national importance across different political, policy, and advocacy communications campaigns both within and outside of government.