Ben is a rising fourth year in The College pursuing a double major in Applied Mathematics and Public Policy Studies. He grew up in Seattle, where he played in the jazz band, ran cross country, and competed with his high school robotics team. In his first two years at UChicago, Ben was on track to be a pure math major, but pivoted toward public policy, wanting to have more impact outside of academia. On campus, he has been a part of ethics bowl, UC OpenData, the jazz band, and more recently, the Environmental Justice Task Force. In the future, Ben hopes that he can apply his computational and problem-solving skills to help people better coexist with each other and with the environment.