So, let us get through the basics about me.
Although I am originally from Michigan (Saginaw to be exact), I have found myself living in Phoenix, AZ since August 2008. I started studying for my MPA in 2006 at the same university where I did my undergrad, Grand Valley State University. In 2007 my study was interrupted when I was accepted to the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals. That is the subject of another blog which I authored, but in short it gives young people like myself a chance to further their academic/professional interests in the international arena. After a year of living in Germany I was excited to get back to living in the states and furthering myself as a professional before finishing my Master's degree. Unfortunately, the US economic decline that I was feeling in Germany since July of 2007 got tremendously worse in the latter half of 2008. After months of being unemployed, looking for work, and receiving no success, I decided that I would simply finish my degree. Thus my arrival at ASU.
That short biography aside, I am very interested in economic development and international relations. Personally, I find the "Public Sector" to be one that is broad, sprawling, and one that many people can weigh in on, in a thoughtful and interesting manner. I hope that readers can offer an insight to the topic philosophically as well as pragmatically.
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