Joe P. Thomas is a Junior at Arizona State University studying History, Political Science, and Arabic. He was born in the United Arab Emirates, and came to Phoenix, Arizona in 2014 and been based there ever since. He has interned at the Arizona State Senate, the Department of Corrections, and the Department of Economic Security. He conducted research with Ambassador Polt for the masterclass project and is now a research aide for the American Diplomacy Project. He is passionate about foreign affairs, specifically in the Middle East and North Africa region, and aims to join the Foreign Service after graduation.