Aliya Fastman Testimonial

MA in Conflict Resolution and Mediation

Founder and owner of Citrus & Salt cooking studio in Tel Aviv

My degree taught me to communicate with different cultures, which is vital for my work even though it's not formal diplomacy.

I loved the advanced mediation course—diving into it and doing the simulations really helped me.

I also found it absolutely wonderful to be able to study from people who were instrumental in making history. Professor Daniel Reisner, for example, was involved in creating some of the laws and deals and offered us a refreshing perspective on them.

I'm a true believer in the fact that everything you do is a building block, whether it's my waitressing after the army, or my job in PR. This applies to my formal education as well—I didn't know it would lead me here, but it's definitely something that I needed, and I'm glad I did it.

I still have great friends from the course who stayed in Israel and we always speak about how it has helped us.