Dulguun Batmunkh, from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is pursuing a MA in international policy at Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences. She earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the National University of Mongolia, and a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Finance and Economics in Mongolia. Following her undergraduate studies, Dulguun worked as a Program Manager at the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in Mongolia, where she focused on designing and establishing civic education programs and sustainable collaboration platforms for promising young politicians and mid-career level women to promote their proactive participation at the political decision-making level.

Dulguun is involved in several youth-led initiatives of the United Nations and has served as the Secretary-General of the United Nations Youth Advisory Panel in Mongolia from 2013 to 2016. She is also a co-founder of the United Nations Association of Mongolia, which aims at filling the opportunity gap in Mongolia through implementing innovative projects that promote sustainable development. Before coming to Stanford, Dulguun served as the Development Cooperation Officer of the German Embassy in Ulaanbaatar and managed the conclusion of bilateral negotiations and project agreements between the German and Mongolian governments. She also initiated and co-chaired the development partners working group on technical and vocational education and training to enhance the knowledge management and cooperation between the multi-stakeholders in this sector.

Dulguun is a recipient of the President’s Scholarship of Mongolia and the Women's Scholarship for Peace by the UNODA. As a Knight-Hennessy-Scholar at Stanford University, she hopes to collaborate with and learn from a diverse group of outstanding peers, while strengthening her capacity to enhance multilateral development cooperation mechanisms with a particular focus on the education sector.