Edgar Sandoval graduated from Waukegan High School in Illinois where he was involved in wrestling, volleyball, and humanitarian organizations. At Dartmouth, he is a geography and government major who has held several leadership roles such as his current position as Community Development Officer for a service program in Nicaragua. Sandoval spent the past spring working in women's empowerment in Nicaragua and has participated in study abroad programs in Brazil. During the winter of 2013, he interned with the International Network for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights where he developed resources for human rights defenders, updated websites and databases, and gained experience in nonprofit management. Sandoval hopes to attend law or graduate school with a focus on human rights

1. Edgar Sandoval '14 graduated from Waukegan High School in
Waukegan, Illinois. At Waukegan, he was part of the wrestling and
volleyball team and led several volunteer and humanitarian
organizations. At Dartmouth, Edgar is a geography and government
major. He serves as in intern for the Collis Center for Student
Involvement, where he works on a number of financial projects.
Edgar has been involved with the Tucker Foundation and the
Rockefeller Center. Currently, he is the Community Development
officer for the Cross Culture and Education Service Program to
Nicaragua, an officer with the NAACP, and is involved with Ballet Folklorico de Dartmouth, a
traditional Latin American based dance group. Sandoval spent this past spring working as a
teacher and women's empowerment intern at the Light and Leadership Initiative and has
participated in the Portuguese language study program to Salvador, Brazil. After graduating,
Edgar hopes to attend either law or graduate school or work with the Human Rights Watch.
Edgar was funded by the Rockefeller Center for a Winter 2013 internship, with generous support
from the McSpadden Public Affairs Internship Fund.
Executive Summary from Edgar’s final report:
The International Network for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) unites over 230
NGOs, social movements, and advocates across 70 countries, seeking to build a global
movement to make human rights and social justice a reality for all. ESCR-Net has a wide range
of working groups dedicated to upholding and advocating for human rights in their thematic
focus—economic policy, corporate accountability, women’s rights, grassroots movements, and
adjudication. ESCR-Net works with international
organizations, nonprofits, NGOs, advocacy organizations,
governments, movements, individuals, and many other
entities to accomplish its mission. As an intern, I took on
many significant responsibilities and worked in
administrative nonprofit management and international
policy areas. One of my main tasks during the internship was
developing their System of Solidarity and Support (SOS)
microsite for human rights defenders. Through the
“This experience further
reinforced my desire to work
with an organization that
has a role in changing public
policy locally, nationally, and
internationally.”
[MCSPADDEN PUBLIC AFFAIRS FUND INTERN PROFILE]

2. development of the site, I explored various resources for human rights defenders and delved
into how a consultant would oversee on-the-ground advocacy. The SOS microsite was an
important part of my work because the output of all the time and effort I was putting into the
project would directly help individuals facing threats in their line of work. In addition, I updated
their website, contact management tool, and caselaw database in their ESCR-Net main site. My
experience allowed me to gain an oversight of nonprofit administrative work, which I hope to
pursue after graduating from Dartmouth College at Northwestern University’s Communications
department.
My experience at ESCR-Net has reinforced my approach to my academic work at Dartmouth.
During most of my internship, I juggled multiple projects at once in adjudication, social
grassroots, and nonprofit administrative work. I appreciated how I was able to switch back and
forth between the projects and assignments. This ability allowed me to maintain my motivation
through the workday. As I took on one project on contact management and preparing
presentations on how the new tool can best be structured to fit the needs of ESCR-Net, I was
able to move into the caselaw database and review case studies of human rights legal
violations. I was extremely passionate about the work I was doing with ESCR-Net, but I
appreciated how they allowed me to switch back and forth from the projects to maintain
myself motivated and keep the quality of work excellent.
I am extremely thankful to the Rockefeller Center for providing me with this internship
opportunity through the McSpadden Public Affairs Fund. I would not have been able to pursue
this opportunity in nonprofit work without this support.
Edgar Sandoval ’14 at Grand Central Station during his Winter 2013 internship at ESCR-Net in New York City