We are so happy to introduce our community to Ieva Miltina (she/her), NAAFA’s first-ever International Intern! Ieva (pronounced “Yeh-vah”) is the recipient of a Professional Internship Program Scholarship from the Baltic American Freedom Foundation (BAFF). Ieva chose NAAFA because she is a fat liberationist and scholar who hopes to learn more about the American fat rights movement. She’ll be stationed in Phoenix alongside our Executive Director, supporting NAAFA and the Campaign for Size Freedom, researching fat labor, and getting to know local fat community through Fat Babes of Phoenix. Read more from Ieva about life in Latvia, how she found fat liberation, and her hopes for her time in the US.