Hi, I’m Matthias and I graduated with departmental honors in both Political Science and Philosophy from University of the Pacific while minoring in International Studies and Psychology. I then completed a postgraduate certificate in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health from King's College London. I worked in higher ed in admissions, and know how important it is to have guidance navigating new career moves. I am now pursuing my Ph.D. in Political Science at The University of Wisconsin-Madison (my dream school). For leisure, I enjoy cooking, listening to live music, spending quality time with friends and family, and consuming In-N-Out. I am a Gemini which makes sense to me since I would say that my academic self is quite different from how I behave outside that academic context. This may be due to a Gemini’s strength to adapt.