Arizona State University Juris Doctor candidate Ember Van Vranken traveled to New York for the U.N. Global Engagement Summit as part of her volunteering as a student judge for the WE Empower U.N. SDG Challenge, a global competition supported by ASU's Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability. After a whirlwind week with the 2018 WE Empower Challenge awardees and ASU faculty, Van Vranken shared a first-person account of her experience with ASU Now.

Photo: Ember Van Vranken, right, with Amanda Ellis, ASU Wrigley Institute director of strategic partnerships, at the UN Solutions Summit