mayor’s office of international affairs
![Image courtesy of Mayor of LA Eric Garcetti](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/275x168/public/uploads/CPD%20Sophia%20Ketring%20Photograph%20for%20Blog%20Submission_WEB.jpg?itok=nFolntyL)
September 26, 2019
2019 CPD-MOIA Summer Associate Sophia Ketring reflects on her time interning with LA Mayor Garcetti's Office of International Affairs.
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the State Department today in honor of Our Cities, Our Climate – an initiative between the State Department and Bloomberg Philanthropies.[...]At the center of the State Department’s public diplomacy is the mission to connect the United States with the world to foster creative and powerful networks of citizens around the world to build common understanding.