Bryan is a from Mauritius and worked as a Senior Research Associate for the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Center for Insights in Survey Research (CISR). At IRI, Bryan worked closely with program teams in emerging democracies to conduct public opinion polls and prepare polling reports for stakeholders. Bryan is also part of YOUNGO where he is collaborating with other young activists from around the world to make the voices of the youth heard in the fight against climate change. He has most recently used his proficiency in French to help with the French translation of the Global Youth Statement which was presented at COP28. Bryan received his B.A. in Political Science and Quantitative Economics at Lycoming College. After Princeton SPIA, Bryan hopes to work for international development institutions to contribute toward the implementation of economic policies that will help households in countries that are vulnerable to the impact of climate change. In his free time, Bryan enjoys working out and trying out new recipes.

Originally from Virginia, Patrick spent time growing up in the Dominican Republic and Panama. While studying political science and Arabic at the University of Notre Dame, he interned with American Near East Refugee Aid in Jerusalem and the West Bank and with the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Inclusive Peace Processes Team in Washington, D.C. Following graduation, Patrick worked with the International Organization for Migration in northern Morocco, before joining the USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance and working on the Levant regional team in Washington and the Disaster Assistance Response Team in Kyiv, Ukraine. At Princeton SPIA, he hopes to deepen his expertise on policymaking across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus and further develop policymaking skills for international emergencies and diplomacy. Patrick enjoys hiking, trying new recipes, and learning languages.

Ryan is an experienced educator who previously served as the Director of Special Education and Student Support Services for a large high school within Boston Public Schools. Prior to this, Ryan worked as a teacher and certified transition specialist, where he supported students with a wide range of cognitive, emotional, and physical disabilities in successfully transitioning to post-secondary life. During his time in Boston Public Schools, Ryan helped lead a number of initiatives, including overseeing summer programming for high school special education students and providing compensatory services for students who displayed regression due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to his career in education, Ryan gained experience in government and public service through internships with a United States Senator's office and the Mayor of Boston. An avid traveler who has visited over 30 countries, Ryan took time away from the workforce in the year prior to Princeton in order to fulfill a lifelong dream of long-term travel, where he built language skills and a global perspective that will last a lifetime.

Before joining Princeton, Jeremy spent five years working in philanthropy at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), a New York City-based foundation with thematic focus areas of democracy, climate change, and peacebuilding. Most recently, as director of special projects, he led a $14M funding initiative that sought to strengthen American democracy through reforms to political institutions, civil society, and civic culture. He also helped to build and secure seed-funding for a national philanthropic collaborative, slated to launch in 2024, that will invest in rural civic life across the United States with annual, $10M RFPs. Earlier, as a research assistant at the RBF, he supported the foundation’s president and CEO on issues related to Iran and Afghanistan. For his MPA internship, Jeremy worked as a Graduate Fellow at The Quantum Hub in New Delhi, India. He graduated from the University of Chicago with honors in philosophy, minoring in classics and mathematics. After college, he moved to Berlin as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant. Jeremy lived in Berlin for three years, continuing to work as a music teacher and legal translator. Born and raised in New York City, he enjoys hiking, German literature, and noodling on the jazz guitar. 

Nathan was born and raised in Provo, Utah. Directly after graduating high school, he spent two years in the Philippines as a service missionary for his church. In the Philippines, he became fluent in Tagalog, made many Filipino friends, and developed an interest in international affairs. When he returned home, he studied political science at Brigham Young University. Some of the highlights of his undergraduate experience include interning in Congress, representing BYU at the national model United Nations conference in New York, studying abroad in the United Kingdom, interning for a Utah-based nonprofit, and working as a research assistant on international banking and development issues for over two years. After graduating BYU in 2020 when COVID-19 hit, he moved to Arizona and began teaching second grade through Teach for America. He spent the first year teaching entirely online, and the next two years teaching in-person while managing COVID-19 protocols. While teaching, he obtained a master's degree in education at Arizona State University and volunteered for a nonprofit called the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations, which brought foreign policy experts to speak in Phoenix. This summer, through the Harold W. Rosenthal Fellowship, Nathan worked as a Trade Analyst Intern at the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) within the Executive Office of the President. He is so excited to be working alongside an incredible cohort and studying under a renowned faculty as he prepares for a future career in U.S. foreign policy.