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Jimena Allendelagua

Alumni profile: Jimena Allendelagua, MPP’21

“I want to give back and have a positive impact on people’s lives, and the work I am doing now does just that.”
Maajid Bashir

Alumni Profile: Maajid Bashir, Policy Research and Innovation Bootcamp’24

“From the diversity of the career tracks my classmates had, to the guest speakers who discussed their careers, to the Policy Hackathon, PRIB was an amazing experience.”
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Student Profile: DeKevious Wilson, EMP Class of 2023 and Obama Foundation Scholar

“My purpose is to help. I am looking to combine my passion for policy, education, and politics to make changes.”
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Student Profile: Ryuichi Nakajima, MPP Class of 2023

“The status quo can be changed. There is a way to balance economic benefit and environmental cost using public policy."
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Student Profile: Rohen Shah, PhD Student

Shah hopes to teach Behavioral Economics and Econometrics at the graduate level to shape data-driven education policy. His research focuses on scalable, low-cost interventions to improve student educational outcomes.
Alex Simon

Alumni Profile: Alex Simon, MPP’24

"Not only do I interpret laws and their impact on Cboe, but I also have the opportunity to advocate for common-sense regulations. It’s everything I was hoping for, career-wise.”
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Student Profile: Joel Jackson, EMP Class of 2023

"I joined the EMP because it was a great opportunity to advance my skills so I could make a broader impact at UChicago Medicine and the Chicago community."
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Student Profile: Connor Christensen, MPP Class of 2023

“Public policy is a career where you can help people out, and that's what matters to me.”
Ariana Garcia

Student Profile: Ariana Garcia, MA in International Development and Policy, Class of 2020

Garcia wants to use the tools she’ll gain at Harris to continue building cooperation and understanding between Mexico and the United States, focusing on the issues that Mexico, and especially the border, is facing.
Prentice Butler

Alumni Profile: Prentice Butler, AB'02, CLA'17, AM'20

“I think that UChicago fostered the ability to think creatively for myself,” Butler says, “to take facts, information, have a level of discernment to think through problems and not necessarily go with what’s popular and what the masses may say."
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Student Profile: Ellie Jackson, MSCAPP Class of 2023

“The MSCAPP program is equipping me with the technical skill and rigor to collaborate with communities and build products which empower people.”
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Student Profile: Shashank Mittal, MA Class of 2022

“I’m looking forward to the exchange of ideas among students from 39 countries. Imagine the kind of energy coming from people of all walks of life, sharing things we may have never thought of before.”