Mariah is a political science senior from Chicago, Il. She has a background in fitness, curriculum writing, instructing, program coordination, and entrepreneurship. Mariah also has training in applied behavior analysis and is an intuitive advocate for neurodiversity. She champions functional empathy in philosophy as well as in strategy. Mariah has participated in several ASU programs including LDNS Lab Masterclasses. She has also completed The JQAS Foreign Policy Leadership Development Program and received a GAP Scholarship for Data Analytics. Whenever possible she volunteers for multiple youth programs. Her personal interests are visual arts, writing, Brazilian martial arts and learning German. In the future, she intends to apply the knowledge she's gained at ASU to employment in national security as an analyst and eventually as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer.