>> I went to University Pittsburgh.
I studied Political Science.
So it's a little bit different from what I'm doing now.
I chose Political Science because I was really interested in international relations,
kind of the broad stroke interaction between different cultures, people, things like that.
So I wasn't really on the economic side of things until 2011.
I studied abroad in London.
And that was kind of during the Occupy Wall Street 99% Movement.
So that's kind of where I started to pique my interest in more
of the monetary side of things and economics.
So I switched over and did a minor in economics and German studies actually.
So, that's kind of how my career started to shift
over towards the finance and economics realm.
And then after Pitt I went to graduate school.
I went to graduate school [inaudible] school economics, got a master in science
and international political economy, specifically focused on Europe.
So a little bit different than what I'm doing now, but certainly interesting, nonetheless.
I knew that I wanted to get into, you know, economics with an international focus.
So DC's a place to be.
I moved down here, actually, for an internship.
Not anything related to international relations.
I worked for the National Automobile Dealers Association,
which is a lobbying group on the hill.
And I worked there for about three months before I started my job
at the Institute in June of last year.