MUNCEP 2022 Cohort
Temujin Choijilsuren is a sophomore at Virginia Tech, where he is currently pursuing a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Asian Area Studies. Temujin has a particular interest in National Security policy and the foreign relations between the United States and East Asia. Temujin is also the Vice President of the Political Science Club and Culture Show Chair for the Korean American Student Association at Virginia Tech. Throughout 2021, Temujin was an intern for Delegate Dan Helmer in the Virginia House of Delegates. Temujin enjoys playing volleyball and playing the Morin Huur (Horse Head Fiddle) in his free time.
Orgil Batbold is a recent graduate from the University of California, Davis, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics, and minor in Political Science. While in University, he worked as a program coordinator for Code Tenderloin, a non-profit in San Francisco with a focus on providing tech skills for the local community. Orgil led the organization's coding internship and computer literacy program for homeless and recently incarcerated individuals. He was also the founder and president of the Mongolian Heritage club on campus where he and his members organized cultural awareness events, attended professional networking events, and volunteered in the community. His passion is in politics, where he studied, researched, and wrote on international relations and American party politics at UC Davis. He plans to pursue his master's in Political Science in the upcoming year. Orgil currently works as an associate for Graviton Consulting, a software consulting company in Northern California.
Michelle Erdenesanaa is a member of the MUNCEP 2022 cohort. She graduated from Yale University in 2021 with a B.A. in English, with particular interest in epic and Modernist literature. She also studied Spanish and Russian language and edited Yale’s long-form politics and culture publication. She has worked in documentary production, arts and culture writing, creative strategy, and copywriting. In her free time, she is usually reading and hanging out with her cats.
Danzan Orgil is a Mongolian-American student currently enrolled at the University of Maryland, College Park. His interests include spending time with his family, going out with friends, sitting outside during warm days, and traveling to new locations. Danzan is originally from Frederick, MD, a small community not too far from the wider Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. His family is originally from Mongolia and immigrated to the US years before he was born. Having spent most of his childhood living in Frederick, Danzan moved to Geneva, Switzerland at 14 where he discovered his passion for international politics. At the time, Danzan's father was a diplomat stationed at the Mongolian Embassy to the United Nations in Geneva, and seeing his passion in his work, Danzan discovered a similar interest in hopefully following in his father's footsteps. Danzan is also in the Asian American Student Union (AASU) at the University of Maryland and enjoys spending time with other members of my community. He hopes to graduate in May 2023 and fully pursue a career at the US State Department as a future Foreign Service Officer (FSO) in a political or consular track.
Batjav Naranbat is an undergraduate from the University of Humanities, Ulan-Bator, Mongolia with a degree in International Relations. He came to the US in July 2021 pursuing a career and knowledge in Urban Planning and Public Policy. He has professional experience working as an intern at the Department of Multinational Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia. During his university years, he was an active student who attended several national and the university competitions, such as Model UNESCO Mongolia, Mini-MUN, and also he was an officer and member of the “Altan Gerege” Foreign Relations club of the University of Humanities. He speaks Mongolian, English, and Russian. In his free time, Batjav likes to listen to electronic music, DJing, and event organizing.