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created for that region resulting from a dramatic growth
in tourism. It’s a boon for the economy, but also creates
social and environmental stress.
Ambassador Andrew says the United States is focusing on
“shared prosperity” throughout Central America, supporting
countries such as Costa Rica to find ways that economic growth
can be shared with all of the economic strata. Initiatives the
Ambassador is focusing on include promoting clean energy/
clean technology opportunities and promoting opportunities
for women in both the business and rural communities.
Andrew explains that Costa Rica is in a unique position
because they abolished their army in 1948, and opted to direct
their military budget for public resources such as public education.
As a result, Costa Rica enjoys the highest literacy rate in Central
America and has attracted a number of U.S. companies and
foreign direct investment from the United States.
Andrew says her law degree and the education she
received in Indianapolis laid an excellent foundation for
her career path. “I often recommend law school to young
college graduates, regardless of the career path they want
to take. In law school you learn to analyze, which is the
key to understanding problems. You also learn to listen
and consider all options, which is a very important process
for solving problems successfully. Finally, you learn to
communicate in law school, both orally and in writing.
Left: Ambassador Andrew talking to the
children of “Pueblo Nuevo,” a school in
Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Above: Ambassador
Andrew (front row,
second from left), with
the President of Costa
Rica at the Presentation
of Credentials ceremony.
As long as you know how to
do all three, these skills give you
opportinities for success in most careers.”
While practicing law in Indianapolis, this former Editorin-Chief
of the IndIana Law RevIew taught a seminar
in Environmental Regulation of Business as an adjunct
professor. She says one of the best parts of that experience
was working with Professor Dan Cole.
Andrew says one of the real values of IU School of Law
– Indianapolis was the broad spectrum of professors. “They
had a variety of ways of thinking, interests, approaches,
and personalities, and they were all engaged in the law in
different ways.” She says the individual mentorship she
received was somthing she greatly valued during her time at
the law school, and she credits Chancellor Emeritus Gerald
Bepko (then Dean of the law school) with encouraging her
to develop her writing skills.
Gerald Bepko says, “Other faculty members knew, as did
I when I was Dean, that Anne was not only an outstanding
student, as demonstrated through her academic work and her
leadership of the IndIana Law RevIew, but that she would also
have an extraordinary career, not limited to the practice of law.
She continues to prove that assessment to be correct and all
of us are proud of her as she serves President Obama and
Secretary of State Clinton as Ambassador of Costa Rica.”
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