Precious Fasakin is a PhD student in economics at the University of California, San Diego. Previously, Precious was a Predoctoral Research Fellow with the PhD Excellence Initiative at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Her current research interests lie at the intersection of political economy, spatial economics and applied game theory in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to her doctoral studies, Precious was a Research in Color Foundation fellow, where she evaluated wealth stratifications in sexual health behaviors and attitudes among women in Nigeria. Precious is committed to developing economic and political applications that address issues concerning human rights, global disarmament, border studies and global indigeneity through her scholarship.