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Lijie Shen

Student Profile: Lijie Shen, MA Class of 2025, Policy Analytics Credential ’24

“I want to visit as many countries as I can—not to sightsee, but to get to know the local people, exchange knowledge, and learn about their challenges to improve my work in international development.”
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Student Profile: Grant Castle, MPP Class of 2024, Pearson Fellow

“The academic world at the University of Chicago will provide a great place to explore, learn, and innovate solutions to long-standing public policy problems that I can bring to USAID.”
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Student Profile: Coco Freling, MPP Class of 2022

“I wanted an education that thinks more about how to integrate technical skills with critical thinking and the real world, and Harris offered that.”
Matt Roy

Student Profile: Matt Roy, MPP Class of 2021

Roy ultimately wants to help translate the science behind policy in ways that help the public—and lawmakers—understand and support those policies.
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Student Profile: Vitor Agrella da Silveira, MPP Class of 2024

“Throughout my journey of studying economics and working in and alongside the public sector, I have seen the necessity of effective leadership and evidence-based policies to drive sustainable change.”
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Student Profile: Deqa Aden, Pearson Fellow, MPP Class of 2023

Aden is interested in international development, with a specific focus on conflict-affected states.
Alyssa Prisby

Alumni Profile: Alyssa Prisby, Policy Research and Innovation Bootcamp’24

“I would love to do health research and lobby for, and potentially draft, legislation. The Policy Research and Innovation Bootcamp reinforced my desire to continue my education to reach those goals.”
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Alumni Profile: Nazish Rahmani, MAIDP’19

I fight for my kin—women—through a democratic institution I believe in. The exposure and skills I received at Harris have been extremely useful in my activism within the corridors of power.”
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Student Profile: Onel Abreu, MSCAPP Class of 2022

“I wanted the skillset that would help me get into the rooms where policy was being made, and to speak from professional experience—with the right numbers to back me up.”
Dominique McKoy

Student Profile: Dominique McKoy, Evening Master’s Program, Class of 2020

McKoy wants to build better systems to serve at-risk youth in the City of Chicago by making connections at the intersections of multiple policy areas.
Gabriel Angarita

Alumni Profile: Gabriel Angarita, MPP’23

“My motivation is to build knowledge to improve the wellbeing of society and contribute to collective decision-making.”
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Alumni Profile: Shashank Bharadwaj, MSCAPP’22

“I saw the societal inequities and growing opportunity gap and knew I wanted to do something to help. Harris exposed me to new perspectives and ways of thinking about education, so now I am using that to evaluate and recommend solutions.”