Zeynep Çağla Erin graduated from Yalova University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations in 2020 with her graduation thesis titled "Feminist Perspective of Turkish Modernization" and from Istanbul University AUZEF, Department of Sociology in 2020. In 2023, she graduated from Yalova University Institute of Social Sciences, Department of International Relations with a thesis titled "South Korea's Foreign Policy Identity: Critical Approaches on Globalization, Nationalism and Cultural Public Diplomacy" at Yalova University Graduate School of International Relations. She is currently pursuing her PhD at Kocaeli University, Department of International Relations. Working as ANKASAM intern, Erin's main areas of interest are Asia-Pacific, Critical Theories in International Relations and Public Diplomacy. Erin speaks fluent English and beginner level of Korean.