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“I have a strong loyalty to my city—I want to see it be the best it can be.”

“As a citizen of Chicago, I’m interested in what we can be doing better here.”

“I want to have a solid foundation for making policy that affects the greatest number of people in the best way possible. To do that, I need to have a quantitative approach, which is what Harris does.”

“There’s a lot of energy for change at the grassroots level, and there’s a need for really strong, well-developed structures that help channel that energy—this is what is guiding my experience at Harris.”

“I was able to construct a master’s degree that put me at the forefront of the newest national security developments.”

“In order to really help people, I need to look at why they are in certain situations in the first place and what systems put them there. That’s what got me into policy.”