I was told I could never be president. I vividly remember watching the 2004 presidential debates with my family; I stuck my chubby baby finger at the screen and said in Chinese “I wanna be president some day!” Disheartened, my dad turned to me and said “Look. Do any of those people look like you? Only white men can become president.” Although I grew up in America, my parents were raised in China under a radically different political system. My father...

As I sit in the waiting room of Congressman Pete Olsen’s office, I look over my notes one last time with my team. Me and my fellow Roosevelt Institute team members have been preparing for months, waiting for an opportunity to go and talk to Congressman Olsen and convince him to vote to amend Veteran’s Affairs. He was skeptical at first, citing how much more money he would have to spend to improve all the VA clinics in...

The advancement of technology means the increases in our condition of living. With my degree specializing in Public Policy and Computer Engineering, I hope to be able to research and implement policies that both protect the future of humanity and progress our standard of living. I’m interested in machine learning and Artificial Intelligence; specifically, the regulation of it. Right now, the current state of AI and machine learning is in its infancy, a long ways from being able to...

“There’s only one time for one issue, we have to decide now.” Our scheduled 30-minute time slot to meet with Texas State Representative Lynn Stucky was unexpectedly cut down to 5 minutes with no warning, and we didn’t have time to present all our public policy issues. We were expected in his office in 1 minute, and we needed to decide now which issues were the most prominent and needed to be addressed. Our entire game plan, our weeks of...

It was 6:30 in the morning, and it was time to move to China. The bags were packed, the car was ready, and all that required was a short trip to the Baton Rouge International Airport and I would start a new life abroad. I would come back to 2 different families, and two different lives. In my 10-year-old head, it never occurred to me why my parents would send me to live in a foreign country when my life in the...

The opportunities BHP offers is second to none. The opportunities and network that BHP can offer rivals that of ivy leagues, and almost guarantee you a prestigious internship. The way that BHP builds their curriculum on case studies truly set it apart for me. Allowing students to actively think and exposing them to real-world problems grounds the BHP program more than any other school. The financial analyst, in conjunction with my unique programming skills, would allow an early advent into...

The clock struck 4, and as I rang the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange, I couldn’t be happier. The “ding” of the bell celebrated the successful completion of the initial public offering of my company. My interdisciplinary approach to business had served me well; My background in research paired perfectly with my business degree, allowing me to start a tech company with a solid product, as well as the ability to upscale and expand my business without...

As a career, I dream of being a politician, specifically the Secretary of the treasury. Having a set goal will make me work harder to accomplish it, as I know exactly what I want to do and will work for it. Being able to work with the President, the most powerful person in America, would put me in a position to help the most amount of people. Everything I do before that will be building towards my dream. I have...