Personal Statement

I am currently a philosophy and political science double major with a passion for exploring how applied ethics can be used to address issues of complex systemic injustice. Originally from Durango, Colorado, I work regularly on campus to equip fellow students as a writing tutor, and engage with the community beyond campus as a docent with America’s National Churchill Museum on Westminster’s campus in Fulton, Missouri. I have been passionate about pursuing empowering and rehabilitative approaches to criminal justice reform since high school, and am excited to explore opportunities for partnering with people who are incarcerated in Fulton. I hope that we might learn together how applied ethics can transform the criminal justice system. My dream is to bridge communities on and beyond campus, now and in the future, through partnerships that increase access to critical thinking skills and theoretical frameworks which can facilitate a common language to the lived experiences of those who are most impacted by systemic injustice. Creatively collaborating to make this kind of knowledge accessible to others and working to amplify community generated solutions to injustice are my great joy.