I was born and raised in Chicago and am now attending Middlebury College in Vermont. I believe that it is important that people have some sort of scientific understanding, but above that, I believe it is imperative that people studying politics or are in politics understand how science works and the reasoning behind it. Having been in many different types of environments, I can say that depending on where I am, scientific approaches vary. Thus, although I am not majoring in a natural science, I want to be more involved and knowledgeable about the sciences to, hopefully, help better the future.