{"id":45861,"date":"2026-06-16T12:57:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/uncover-ie\/?p=45861"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:08:18","slug":"building-a-career-in-public-policy-at-amazon-web-services-alexias-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/uncover-ie\/building-a-career-in-public-policy-at-amazon-web-services-alexias-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a career in Public Policy at\u00a0Amazon\u00a0Web Services: Alexia\u2019s story"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min read<\/span><\/span>\n<p>What does it\u00a0take\u00a0to choose\u00a0a road less traveled?\u00a0To defy expectations and do\u00a0what\u2019s\u00a0right for\u00a0you, not\u00a0what\u2019s\u00a0popular or common?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students like Alexia Collot\u00a0d\u2019Escury\u00a0Ariza offer us a peek into the world of the \u201crule breakers\u201d and go-getters, reflecting on how she began a degree in law, only to pursue a future in public policy. After just one chat, her personable nature, sharp\u00a0wit\u00a0and unique vision\u00a0immediately\u00a0shine through.\u00a0Maybe these\u00a0are qualities\u00a0she\u2019s\u00a0always had, but they\u00a0truly\u00a0bloomed through her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/university\/studies\/academic-programs\/bachelor-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)<\/a>\u00a0at IE University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has&nbsp;made&nbsp;a truly impressive&nbsp;academic career, accumulating a string of the highest awards and commendations available at IE University and beyond. However, one of her most impressive feats&nbsp;was&nbsp;going&nbsp;from&nbsp;a&nbsp;law school&nbsp;graduate&nbsp;to a public policy&nbsp;career&nbsp;at Amazon Web Services,&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;\u201cBig Five\u201d&nbsp;companies in the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So,&nbsp;what\u2019s&nbsp;her secret?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-setting-the-foundation-of-legal-frameworks-and-public-policy\"><strong>Setting the foundation of legal frameworks and public policy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI always knew I wanted to study law, as clich\u00e9 as it may sound,\u201d Alexia says. While she&nbsp;cannot&nbsp;remember exactly when she made&nbsp;that&nbsp;decision, this simple fact has&nbsp;defined her life.&nbsp;Justice and order have always shaped her worldview.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question was&nbsp;where&nbsp;to pursue her legal education. Born and raised in Monaco before moving to Marbella, she certainly had plenty of options after leaving high school with a Ray Liggan Scholarship for Academic Excellence and an International Baccalaureate grade achieved by just the top 1.1% of students worldwide.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had a handful of excellent offers on the table,\u201d she explains. But she wanted an experience that would expand her horizons, not confine her to national borders.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is exactly what made IE University\u2019s Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) stand out.&nbsp;Its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/law-school\/our-own-pedagogical-style\/#comparative-law-methodology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comparative law methodology<\/a>&nbsp;was a decisive point in her decision; students explore the differences and similarities among various legal systems, gaining exposure to how the law works in&nbsp;multiple&nbsp;jurisdictions.&nbsp;It\u2019s&nbsp;an effective way to gain a broad, global perspective, which&nbsp;more and more&nbsp;multinational employers are looking for&nbsp;today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Studying at IE University took me beyond Spain, and even beyond Europe, as I was versed in Continental European&nbsp;civil&nbsp;and common law. I was able to keep my opportunities to move around the world as a global legal graduate open.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-can-you-pivot-to-public-policy-nbsp\">How can you pivot to public policy?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite that early certainty, Alexia has technically never practiced as a lawyer.&nbsp;During her&nbsp;Bachelor&#8217;s&nbsp;degree, she completed two internships in legal cybersecurity. These experiences sparked something new in her. In fact, it is this unexpected passion which later inspired her Bachelor Thesis. Commended for her work, it was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsaielawreview.org\/publications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published in the ELSA IE Law Review<\/a>.&nbsp;\u201cI grew passionate about the interrelated fields encompassing new technologies, security and defense, trade, supply chains, international relations and industrial policy,\u201d she tells us. What she&nbsp;didn\u2019t&nbsp;know at the time was that this interest would eventually lead her toward public policy at&nbsp;Amazon Web Services (AWS).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, some would ask&nbsp;Alexia&nbsp;why&nbsp;she&nbsp;had studied an intensive legal degree if it&nbsp;wasn\u2019t&nbsp;to become a lawyer.&nbsp;It certainly&nbsp;wasn\u2019t&nbsp;for a lack of&nbsp;opportunities. \u201cSo far, I\u2019ve actually declined to become a lawyer twice: after graduation, I decided not to study for the bar in Madrid, and after my Master of European Law, I chose not to join a law firm in Brussels,\u201d she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, she began building a career in lobbying. It\u00a0wasn\u2019t\u00a0the traditional trajectory, as most\u00a0law\u00a0grads\u00a0opt to\u00a0become lawyers or legal consultants.\u00a0But\u00a0Alexia\u00a0doesn&#8217;t\u00a0see the way her journey has unfolded\u00a0as a demonstration of a lack of passion\u00a0for law.\u00a0She views it as\u00a0an expansion of her legal education, one that\u00a0builds on\u00a0the foundation\u00a0she\u2019s\u00a0already laid through her bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees. As she says, \u201cIn public policy,\u00a0law is everywhere; we just live it in different ways.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Law is everywhere; we just live it in different ways.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>While Alexia built her bridge from law to lobbying through individual internships and an openness to new opportunities, her trajectory highlights a growing global demand. It is exactly this intersection of tech, regulation and international strategy that inspired the creation of programs like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/school-politics-economics-global-affairs\/programs\/master-in-public-policy\/\">Master in Public Policy<\/a> at IE School of Politics, Economics &amp; Global Affairs, giving the next generation of changemakers a direct, specialized route into the heart of global tech policy without requiring a traditional legal detour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Alexia, the IE Experience gave her the lawyering skills, global&nbsp;insight&nbsp;and confidence to remain flexible and pivot into the&nbsp;areas&nbsp;where she&nbsp;thought she&nbsp;could make a&nbsp;true&nbsp;impact.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-does-a-day-at-amazon-web-services-nbsp-actually-look-like-nbsp\"><strong>What does a day at Amazon Web Services&nbsp;actually look like?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany of us have heard about the profession of \u2018lobbyist\u2019,&nbsp;but&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;still very mysticized.\u201d Alexia herself&nbsp;didn\u2019t&nbsp;fully understand what the job entailed when she sent her application to&nbsp;Amazon Web Services. \u201cI was applying to the unknown,\u201d she admits. But over the past year,&nbsp;she\u2019s&nbsp;cut her teeth within the AWS Brussels public policy department, and&nbsp;she\u2019s&nbsp;already achieved more than she thought possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you would expect, working for a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90790394\/what-are-the-faang-companies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FAANG company<\/a>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;pretty demanding&nbsp;experience.&nbsp;Alexia describes that working in public affairs has unique characteristics. \u201cFirst, working in public policy requires the ability to adapt to unknowns and fast-paced environments.&#8221; Alexia goes on to explain how she is constantly stirred by politics at all levels of government, laws and policies in different countries and regions, geopolitical&nbsp;events&nbsp;and other unforeseen changes of circumstances.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondly,\u00a0Alexia shares that\u00a0public policy is an intrinsically human discipline, where public policy professionals\u00a0regularly meet\u00a0a broad range of actors from the political and regulatory scene, the business\u00a0world\u00a0and many other kinds of interest\u00a0representations.\u00a0\u201cFor\u00a0lobbyists, every day is different,\u201d Alexia explains. And if you doubt whether you would fit into this environment, she reassures that \u201cpublic affairs teams recruit brilliant minds from all areas of expertise: lawyers, economics, engineers, historians, political scientists, diplomats, chemists, software developers,\u00a0and I could go on.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the field is so interdisciplinary, programs that prepare you for a future in public policy are designed to act as a great equalizer, bringing these diverse backgrounds together into a single room to master the art of data-driven diplomacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the face of the multifaceted world of lobbying,&nbsp;well-honed&nbsp;people&nbsp;skills are vital, which Alexia says she uses regularly. \u201cYou need a high degree of sociopolitical and cultural sensitivity, diplomatic skills and situational awareness to guide conversation towards constructive dialogue.\u201d Continuous learning is also a big part of the role,&nbsp;as&nbsp;\u201cinformation becomes as outdated as the last minute\u2019s news,\u201d she says.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-building-a-public-policy-toolkit\">Building a public policy toolkit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like training to become a Swiss knife,\u201d she says. Her extensive, varied toolkit is essential to the role, which the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) imparts through a rigorous, practical learning experience. Essays, presentations, oral participation,&nbsp;readings&nbsp;and cases helped cement her theoretical foundations, but applied projects took her abilities to the next level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI participated in numerous&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/drivinginnovation.ie.edu\/2022-ie-university-law-firms-shadowing-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shadowing programs<\/a>, mentoring programs and team-based competitions throughout the years,\u201d she explains. In the process, she earned&nbsp;numerous&nbsp;awards,&nbsp;from \u201cBest&nbsp;Questions &amp; Answers\u201d written in Latin during her first-year Roman Law Challenge, to a \u201cBest&nbsp;Oralist\u201d&nbsp;distinction right before graduation in Strasbourg\u2019s&nbsp;Helga Pedersen Moot Court finals.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I was constantly challenged to get out of my comfort zone: essays, presentations, oral participation, projects, readings, cases; every week carried a different surprise.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexia began her journey at IE University in 2020 as the proud holder of the IE-Latham &amp; Watkins Entrepreneurial Lawyering Scholarship and an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/financial-aid\/undergraduate\/scholarships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IE Academic Achievement Scholarship<\/a>, earning her&nbsp;immediately&nbsp;an invitation to become an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/ie-foundation\/our-pillars\/scholarships-and-talent-development\/ie-foundation-fellows-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IE Foundation Fellow<\/a>. Fast forward to July 2024, she graduated as a member of the Honours Program, the Dean\u2019s List, having achieved twenty-eight class&nbsp;honours&nbsp;(\u2018matriculas de honor\u2019), and having won a spot on the NOVA 111 Student List (\u2018Top 10 Best Law Students in Spain\u2019). It is thus after four years of&nbsp;hard work&nbsp;that Alexia, with a cumulative average of 9.77\/10, is awarded the title of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/law-school\/news-events\/news\/ie-law-school-celebrates-graduation-180-bachelor-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cBest LL.B. student\u201d award<\/a>&nbsp;for having achieved the&nbsp;highest grade&nbsp;point average of her promotion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She credits her successes to her mindset, which she developed early on. \u201cA way of thinking cannot be studied,\u201d she says. \u201cIt needs to be lived to be acquired.\u201d IE University helped her develop it by consistently pushing her out of her comfort zone through these immersive extracurriculars.&nbsp;She also broadened her humanistic,&nbsp;technological&nbsp;and entrepreneurial&nbsp;horizons&nbsp;via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/university\/resources\/ie-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IE IMPACT<\/a>&nbsp;courses&nbsp;and electives such as &#8220;Persuasive Public Speaking&#8221; and &#8220;The Disruptive Leader&#8221;.&nbsp;\u201cI still speak about how transformational these courses were for me,\u201d Alexia says. She now uses the skills she learned back then in her day-to-day work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-advice-would-you-give-to-future-public-policy-nbsp-experts-nbsp\"><strong>What advice would you give to future public policy&nbsp;experts?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Her many accolades caught the attention of leading employers and decision-makers, but Alexia says you&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;need a catalog of awards to succeed in law or public policy. \u201cIE University won\u2019t show you who to be, but how to figure out who you are,\u201d she explains. \u201cWhen you graduate, you\u2019ll take with you a toolbox of means and methods, but how full it&nbsp;is depends&nbsp;on you.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also mentions just how important it is to have a mentor. Put yourself in situations where you can meet people who inspire you, such as through mentorship programs, and&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;be afraid to ask questions, seek&nbsp;advice&nbsp;and learn from more knowledgeable and experienced professionals, she urges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly? \u201cBe bold&nbsp;and be&nbsp;brave. Text that person you were too shy to contact on LinkedIn. Ask your professor how they did it. Sign up for that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/school-politics-economics-global-affairs\/programs\/master-in-public-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Master in Public Policy<\/a>&nbsp;you were eyeing.&nbsp;Above all,&nbsp;break&nbsp;free from predefined plans and &#8216;safe&#8217; routes. As you can see, I&nbsp;didn\u2019t&nbsp;\u2019throw away a legal career\u2019;&nbsp;I made&nbsp;a very exciting&nbsp;one.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns banner h-banner banner-b is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading banner-title\" id=\"boost-your-career-with-our-master-in-management\">Ready to navigate the future of global tech or public policy?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"banner-content\">If you want to build the strategic toolkit and regulatory insight needed to drive change, the Master in Public Policy is your launchpad. 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