Christian was born in Cambridge, Massachussets, but grew up between Stanford, California, and New York, New York (he considers himself a New Yorker). Prior to Princeton, he worked in Washington, D.C., as an Assistant Analyst in the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) Health Analysis Division, providing research support on their health insurance simulation model. As an undergraduate student, Christian also interned with the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution and is an alum of the American Economic Association Summer Program (2019). At Washington University in St. Louis, Christian was a John B. Ervin Scholar majoring in economics along with a minor in political science and was a four-year member of the varsity football team as a quarterback and wide receiver. This past summer, he worked as a student volunteer at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington. After Princeton, Christian hopes to work for a research organization working on U.S. domestic policy around the issues of poverty and inequality. In his free time, he is an avid sports enthusiast, whether it be playing flag football, softball, and basketball, or following the major professional sports leagues.

Born and raised on a small walnut and almond farm in California's Central Valley, Josh has always been exposed to environmental and agricultural policy. He earned a B.S. in agricultural business and political science from Fresno State in 2023, where his dual honors theses focused on California's historical water rights effect on underserved communities and the future of California's regulation of fumigants. During his undergraduate career, Josh interned for Congressman David Valadao and Congressman Jimmy Panetta, conducted research for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, participated in the Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, was a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, and was the President's Undergraduate Medalist at Fresno State. This past summer, Josh worked as a Yale Environmental Fellow at Freshwater Future, researching policies in the Great Lakes region related to privatization of water utilities. Following his studies at Princeton, Josh hopes to work within state and federal government to support environmental and agricultural policy innovation. In his free time, Josh is usually reading, cycling, playing pc games, and drinking way too much coffee.

Derek studied political science and Arabic at the University of Illinois and has been working in healthcare consulting in Virginia for the past three years. He also does contract work with Sportable, a local organization in Richmond that provides opportunities for athletes with disabilities, and the International Committee of the Red Cross, where he supports programs doing similar work in global contexts. He plans on spending the summer watching the NBA playoffs and catching up with friends and family. Upon graduation from Princeton SPIA, Derek hopes to work with international organizations to develop and implement policy that makes the world more accessible to people with disabilities.

Born in Alaska and raised in Tennessee, Lexie graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in economics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. During school, she studied abroad at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Bangi, Malaysia. This program inspired her honors thesis examining the relationship between women’s employment outcomes and Malaysia’s free trade agreements. Before Princeton, she conducted macroeconomic analysis for the Office of Europe and Eurasia at the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of International Affairs. Prior to Treasury, Lexie interned for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and U.S. House of Representatives. After Princeton, she hopes to return to the U.S. government and continue working on international economic policy. In her free time, Lexie enjoys drawing, painting, biking, photography, and reading. 

Svyatoslav was born in Lvivska Oblast, Ukraine, and grew up in Philadelphia. In 2021, he graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in political science and economics. Prior to coming to Princeton, Svyatoslav worked as a Research Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He coauthored a working paper studying the spatial effects of location amenities on price and population dynamics. This summer, he worked as a Mayoral Summer Fellow at the Office of the Mayor in the City of Chicago. Aside from traveling, Svyatoslav enjoys biking, baking, and figuring out how to play a 60-bass piano accordion. After Princeton, he plans to work as an urban economic policymaker to promote more resilient, equitable, and sustainable urban spaces.