Max is an MPP Candidate from Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Reykjavík, Iceland. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Chinese Literature from Reed College, where he wrote his thesis on education policy. After graduating, Max worked as a Research Analyst for a philanthropic foundation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, designing economic development programs for accelerating inclusive growth in the city. He is animated by understanding the flow of capital, technology, and ideas across borders and our continually evolving relationships to global economic structures. A profligate consumer of pop culture, he spends his time outside of class watching movies, writing poetry, binging audiobooks, lifting weights, baking pastries, and going for long walks.