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Iona Main is an Australian student undertaking a Master of Public Affairs at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, where she is co-chair of the student government. She previously worked as a foreign policy adviser at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, where her focus was on Australia’s relationship with Southeast Asia. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction from the University of Sydney, during which she spent a year studying in Indonesia through the ACICIS program. She speaks Indonesian and French.