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Learn about life in the Foreign Service and the latest from Brazil from a tandem couple who both serve as US diplomats. Ray and Jen Sudweeks are senior US diplomats currently serving at the US Embassy in Brazil, where Jen serves as Chief of Consular Operations. She previously served in the White House as Director for Immigration and Visa Security at the National Security Council. She has also led visa operations at two of the largest consular sections in the world, Embassy Beijing and Embassy New Delhi. Ray currently serves as Deputy Political Counselor in Brazil. He has long experience in Asia, having focused on North Korea for over a decade and led the team in Embassy Beijing focused on US-China bilateral relations and the Indo-Pacific region. He also served two tours in Embassy Seoul and traveled extensively through North Korea in 2011 with a delegation that won the release of a detained American citizen. Sponsored by the Foreign Service Student Organization and the Kennedy Center for International Studies. Event Flyer