Basel Musharbash is a Junior at the University of Texas at Dallas, majoring in Political Science, with a minor in Drama. He is interested in political communications, public policy, and law - which led him to past work and internship experience at the Center for American and International Law and the District Office of Congresswoman Johnson (TX-30). Basel has been a student participant in the Innocence Project of Texas workshop at the University of Texas at Dallas. He also volunteers as the Executive Co-Director of the North Texas Student Campaign (NTSC), a nonpartisan student advocacy organization with research, media, awareness, lobbying, GOTV and grassroots operations. Through those operations, NTSC seeks to inject a student voice into the public debate surrounding the issues of financial aid and university funding which are vital to the future of Texan students. Lastly, Basel is mainly interested in education and welfare policy, as well as issues pertaining to the image of liberalism in the United States.