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Dylan Santa: Objective

This document is Dylan Santa's resume applying to be a United States Foreign Service Officer. It summarizes his education and experience preparing for this role, including obtaining degrees from Georgetown School of Foreign Service and participating in internship programs at the Department of State. It also lists his language proficiencies as fluent in French and proficient in German and Mandarin.

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Dylan Santa: Objective

This document is Dylan Santa's resume applying to be a United States Foreign Service Officer. It summarizes his education and experience preparing for this role, including obtaining degrees from Georgetown School of Foreign Service and participating in internship programs at the Department of State. It also lists his language proficiencies as fluent in French and proficient in German and Mandarin.

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DylanSanta

6096thStreet
Petaluma,CA94952
(707)774-3341
[email protected]

OBJECTIVE
ApplyingfortobeaUnitedStatesForeignServiceOfficer

SUMMARY
Sincehighschool,Ihavebeenpreparingtobeaforeignserviceofficer.Itook
extralanguageclassesatSantaRosaJuniorCollegetoincreasemylinguistic
experience.Inaddition,Iattendedandobtainedmybachelorsandmasters
degreesfromtheGeorgetownSchoolofForeignService.Throughoutmytime
there,IworkedasaninternintheInternshipTemporaryProgramandthe
INternshipExperienceProgramwhicharespecificallygearedtotrainonefor
theForeignService.Also,Ihaveanaptitudeforlanguages,beingproficientin
twoandfluentinone,excludingEnglish.Ihaveampleexperienceabroad,
havingstudiedabroadinQatar,France,China,andSouthAfrica,whereI
learnedinvaluableculturalinsightandsocialinteractionsbetween
governmentsandtheirpeople.

SKILLS
FluentinFrench
ProfessionalWorkingProficiencyinGerman
LimitedWorkingProficiencyinMandarin
CPRCertified
PCM(ProfessionalCrisisManagement)Certified

EXPERIENCE
DepartmentofState,WashingtonD.C.-InternshipExperience
Program(IEP)
January2026-PRESENT

DepartmentofState,WashingtonD.C.-InternshipTemporary
Program(ITEP)
April2021-September2023

TheStudentConservationAssociation,Yosemite-CulturalResources
DiversityInternship
May2019-September2019

EDUCATION
SchoolofForeignService,Georgetown,WashingtonD.C.-Mastersof
ScienceinForeignService
September2024-May2028

SchoolofForeignService,Georgetown,WashingtonD.C-Juris
Doctor
September2024-May2028

SchoolofForeignService,Georgetown,WashingtonD.C-Bachelors
ofScienceinForeignService
September2019-May2024

REFERENCES
EliseKleinwaks-ForeignServiceOfficer
HowardUniversity(BuncheInternationalAffairsCenter)
Washington,DC20059
[email protected]

DanielByman-ProfessorandSeniorAssociateDeanofUndergraduate
Affairs
GeorgetownUniversity
Washington,DC20059
[email protected]

MoleekBusby-RecruitingRepresentative
TheStudentConservationAssociation
(510)712-00493
[email protected]

Reflection

Guided by my desire to attend a college at which I could learn invaluable skills about

international relations, to attend a college at which I may study abroad multiple times, to work

in a profession where I could live abroad, earn more than a mere living wage, learn new

languages, I found the Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) and the

career into which it feeds--the United States Foreign Service.

In terms of Georgetown, I found that it was unique in the degrees it offers--those in

foreign service--and the majors with which one could attain a bachelors degree in foreign

service. Unfortunately, I thought that my profession and the training for it would lead me

away from the sciences that I greatly want to continue studying in college. Fortunately, I

found one of the majors within the SFS to be related to science--Science, Technology, and

International Affairs (STIA) in which one chooses one of four focus areas: Environment and

Energy; Business, Growth, and Development; Biotechnology and Global Health; and Science,

Technology, and Security. While these focuses are not exactly in my desired scientific fields

of study--particle physics, nuclear chemistry, immunology--they would most likely, at least

partially, satisfy my want for college level science in a broad sense.

In terms of the United States Foreign Service, I found that, aside from standard career

benefits such as health care and a retirement program, officers are provided with housing free

of charge. They will have an officer, typically someone who is newly employed (either before

or after their first tour of duty), study for up to a year at the Foreign Service Institute, the

whole time being payed the same salary as if it were work. For more difficult languages, a

Foreign Service Officer may even spend time in the country in which it is spoken. These


languages are usually ones which lack Latin and Greek roots and script such as Chinese and

Arabic.

From the Foreign Service, I contacted a woman named Dorothy Ngutter, the local

diplomat in residence whose job it is to interact with the community about the Foreign

Service, as well as other forms of civil service. From her, I learned firstly that all deployment

openings include a full description of the appointment as well as its potential dangers.

Secondly, I learned, through a firsthand account that there are many internship options

available, including those overseas in United States embassies and consulates. Additionally,

Ms. Ngutter warned me of the abrupt loss of familial time. Yes, she was able to plan around

major familial events such as weddings; however, she had to miss every natural, impromptu

gathering of her family.

After asking her about the defining moment of her career, she responded that on her

first assignment, in Mali, she was working in a rather small embassy where she worked two

career paths, political and consular, and had a precarious amount of responsibility working

there; regardless, there was rarely a day the same as the last. She said the Foreign Service was

certainly not a dull, tedious job. She added that there will be challenges, setbacks, and days

that will feel so stressful that you may collapse; however, the idea that you are actively

helping communities in original ways keeps the weight of responsibilities from coming

crashing down.

In conclusion, I found the School of Foreign Service and the Foreign Service to be like

sliding a key into its lock--a perfect fit for a college, a perfect fit for a career.

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