Senior at the University of Michigan double majoring in International Studies and Asian Studies, minoring in Quantitative Social Science Methodologies. 4.0 GPA.
Interned at the U.S. Department of State in D.C. and Fish Welfare Initiative in India.
Director of Candidate Relations and Endorsements for the Forward Party in Michigan.
10% Pledger
Other interests & hobbies:
Quantitative policy analysis
Fertility crisis in developed countries
Any kind of ballroom, Latin, or swing dancing
Music & songwriting
Traveling
U.S. Politics should be a main focus of US EAs right now. In the past year alone, every major EA cause area has been greatly hurt or bottlenecked by Trump. $40 billion in global health and international development funds was lost when USAID shut down, which some researchers project could lead to 14 million more deaths by 2030. Trump has signed an Executive Order that aims to block states from creating their own AI regulations, and has allowed our most powerful chips to be exported to China. Trump has withdrawn funding from, and U.S. support for, international governance bodies like the United Nations and the World Health Organization, thereby removing the world’s most influential country from the collaborative efforts necessary to combat climate change and global pandemics. Most recently, the administration even changed nutritional guidelines, encouraging Americans to eat more animal protein than ever, which could drive more demand for unethically-produced animal products. In addition to all of this, Trump has continuously acted undemocratically, brazenly breaking norms and laws meant to protect us from autocracy and dictatorship. This goes to show just how determinative U.S. politics is to our successes and our failures.