Bio
Shalom Kato is an Advocacy Intern for the ACLU of South Dakota. As a member of the advocacy team, she supports the chapter’s voting rights and civic engagement efforts through research, advocacy, community outreach, and collaboration with coalition partners, stakeholders, and student organizations.
Shalom is a Sioux Falls native and graduate of Lincoln High School. Currently, she is a junior political science major and human rights minor at the University of Chicago. While at UChicago, Kato has served in many different leadership roles on and off campus, including project coordinator of the Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Committee for UChicago’s student government, staff writer of the UChicago Undergraduate Law Magazine, and fellowship ambassador for the Wanxiang Corporation in Hangzhou, China. Through her academic work and advocacy, she is passionate about women’s rights, free speech, and human rights.
When she's not working or studying, Shalom enjoys playing board games, playing tennis, and drawing.
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