Ashmit Vyas is a third-year undergraduate student majoring in economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He developed a keen interest in the social sciences through his experiences as a Benjamin Franklin Scholar, a Student Fellow at the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, and an active member of the Penn Climate Econometrics Group. Ashmit’s dream of becoming an economist stems from a desire to work in a career that will allow him to explore his intellectual curiosity while also contributing meaningfully to the local and global community. Having lived in four different countries, Ashmit is particularly passionate about international development and the intersection of economics and public policy. He has previously written in the Wall Street Journal, delivered a TEDx talk about behavioral science, and won the 2020 COVID-19 Policy Hackathon hosted by Stanford University and MIT. This summer, he will further explore his interests by working on the Economics team at KPMG in his hometown of Brisbane, Australia. Ashmit is also an avid debater and soccer player, and currently serves as a captain on the club soccer team at the University of Pennsylvania.