Our Students In Conversation. Explore Jan 20, 2023 #PolicyProfile: Samuel Lyman MPP ’23 “I grew up watching ‘The West Wing,’ where Rob Lowe plays a White House speechwriter named Sam Seaborn. His character is what first piqued my… Jan 13, 2023 #PolicyProfile: Nicholas Lim ’24 “I’m originally from Hong Kong, and that’s where I was during the COVID-19 pandemic. I became really interested in the social dynamics of the… Dec 10, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Joe Shipley MPA ’26 “Both of my parents are journalists, and I learned a lot from the way that they tried to put truth and objectivity ahead of their own personal… Nov 19, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Brent Efron MPA ’24 “I grew up in a reform Jewish community outside of Boston, and one thing we learned from a very young age in reform Hebrew school is something called… Nov 12, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Bryson Rose MPP ’23 "In 2017, I went to Haiti and witnessed significant infrastructure challenges from the earthquake and from hurricanes. They're already a country that… Nov 04, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Noah Bardash MPA ’24 "In the aftermath of the 2016 election, I took a hard look at what I was doing with my time and where I saw my best avenues for making change. I… Oct 28, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Christian Pollard ’23 “I grew up in rural Alabama on a cattle ranch in a town of, at the time, 409 people. Living in a rural area, it's virtually impossible to access… Oct 16, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Uma Menon ’24 “My first book, “Hands for Language,” was about my experience as a daughter of immigrants growing up in America and my identity as a woman of color… Oct 08, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Austin Edwards MPP ’23 “My parents instilled in me the value of giving back to the community, not just in our home but also through our church. I was born in Trenton and… Oct 01, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Billy Doyle ’24 “My foundational years were during a time when Brexit was the presiding issue of everything in the UK. This issue dominated the news throughout those… Sep 23, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Anna Blue MPA ’24 “Going to school in Silicon Valley, I was constantly exposed to themes about democracy and technology. I always planned on going into the federal… Sep 02, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Odette Overton MPA ’23 “I’m intuition oriented, curious, and driven to understand the world around me. In 2nd grade, I was asked to write a short story but instead wrote a… Jul 22, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Claire Kaufman MPA '23 “When I first learned about climate change in high school, I couldn’t understand why so little had been done. The solution seemed simple enough: We… Jul 15, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Martina Bergues MPA ’23 “I think it's very natural to have an interest in public policy when you are from a very unequal country, and growing up in São Paulo, Brazil,… Jul 08, 2022 #PolicyProfile: Axidi Iglesias '23 “Growing up as part of a mixed-status family in Santa Ana, there were a lot of ICE raids in Southern California, and there were regular… Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 … Next page Next › Last page Last »