Shannon Maroutian is a student at McGill University completing her degree in the Faculty of Arts. Shannon Majors in Political Science and History and plans on attending law school in Fall 2017. Born and raised in Montreal, Shannon has seen first hand the type of people affected by poverty in the city and in suburbia. Furthermore, Shannon has had a glimpse of the affects of mass poverty when she interned at the Office of the Human Rights Defender in Yerevan, Armenia. As a young writer, Shannon is enthusiastic to learn and spread valuable information on the topic of poverty both locally and abroad.