Dylan was born and raised in Petaluma, California. At Duke he is looking forward to enhancing his data analytics skills and better understanding security and development challenges in countries transitioning from conflict. He holds an undergraduate degree from New York University in Business and Political Economy, a specialized program that entailed two years of study in London, Abu Dhabi, and Tel Aviv. Since graduating in 2019, he has worked in corporate security. Having entered the industry as an intelligence analyst, he eventually managed the training, documentation, and quality assurance programs for a global security operations center responsible for protecting over 35,000 employees. In his free time you’ll find Dylan watching movies, cooking, planning travel, and playing rock or jazz drums.