Elicia Waterman and Sonya Cabrera pictured here with daughter of Professor Pineros Shields at UN HCR World Refugee Day – a public education event on June 20, 2018.

The first day of their internship with the UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR), two UMASS Lowell students – Sonya Cabrera and Elicia Waterman – participated in World Refugee Day (June 20, 2018.  The UNHCR held a public display at Valencia’s city hall to educate local residents about the experiences of refugees in the world today.