In Conversation: Nicole Sbitani

On nonconformity and the burden of the 'perpetual foreigner.' Plus: convincing her ambassador to attend the largest Comic Con in East Africa.

Nicole Sbitani still remembers an episode of her favorite childhood cartoon that featured a diplomat — though she couldn’t relate to the “white man with perfectly coiffed hair and wearing a dark suit.”

Now acutely aware of the women and non-White men who came before her, Nicole is grateful for the “trailblazers” whose careers and contributions she has fo…