My name is Michael Staller, I am from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and I am a fourth-year undergraduate student studying Economics and Asian Languages and Culture with a focus on China. Alongside my course-load, I have participated in economic and financial research on campus with a variety of professors who have provided me invaluable experience. Additionally, I studied abroad in a language-intensive program during my third-year in Taipei, Taiwan, which fundamentally changed the way I view our interconnected world.