College Senior Daniel Ruiz de la Concha Named Schwarzman Scholar

Daniel Ruiz de la Concha, C’22, has received a Schwarzman Scholarship, which funds a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing. From Puebla, Mexico, Ruiz de la Concha is a double major in international relations and urban studies and is minoring in Latin American and Latino studies. He is president of the Mexican Student Association Mex@Penn, on the board of Wharton Latino, and is a member of the LALS Undergraduate Advisory Board.

Ruiz De la Concha has been an advocate for the Latino community, fostering unity among students from Latin America, and establishing service opportunities within the local Latino community. He has led research and fundraising projects to create awareness and fight human rights violations in Mexico, particularly violence against women. Ruiz De la Concha is also the online co-editor of the Sigma Iota Rho Journal of international relations and co-president of Amnesty@Penn. He is a recipient of the Pan-American Association Carmelita Manning Award for Community Service and the Urban Studies Hassenfeld Award and is a Fellow in Urban Leadership at the Penn Institute for Urban Research.

This year, 151 Schwarzman Scholars were selected from more than 3,000 applicants and include students from 33 countries and 106 universities. More than 400 candidates were invited to interview virtually before panels based in Beijing, London, New York, or Singapore.

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