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“When you live abroad, you’re not just learning facts, you’re absorbing the perspectives of the people from that place. I learned this early on by…

“Coming to policy school has made me eager to define my theory of change. At this point, I am not convinced that the state is equipped to serve the…

“Since 2007 I’ve been afforded a number of opportunities to serve around the world, completing a total of 10 deployments. I will always cherish the…

“I attended a Quaker school for most of my life, so from a young age my education was infused with Quaker values, or what we called the SPICES …

“During the Bush v. Kerry election, I remember walking up to my friends in Kindergarten and asking them, ‘Who are your parents voting for?’ So … you…

“My most meaningful life experience is graduating college. I am a #firstgen college student. Growing up, my family struggled to make ends meet, so…

“As Mexican-American, people often assume the hyphen translates to fully belonging to both backgrounds, but in reality you don’t fully belong to…

“By the time I was in high school in San Diego, I had seen a different side of California than the blissful, beachy getaway state portrayed in the…

“The summer after my junior year in high school, I interned for Sen. John McCain. I thought I would probably spend the summer taking phone calls,…

“When I got to @princeton, the first thing I did was buy a world map from the Princeton University Store. My interest in global issues began very…