Oscar Armando Lopez III is a senior at The University of Texas at Austin double majoring in government and business honors. He was named a 2019 Google Public Policy Fellow where he worked with Public Knowledge and the National Hispanic Media Coalition on issues concerning broadband access, data privacy, and the future of artificial intelligence. In 2020, Lopez worked as a Policy Fellow with Next Century Cities where he researched the effects of the digital divide on low-income and minority communities. Later that year, he worked as a product management intern with San Antonio-based company Irys. On campus, Lopez has served as the first Honduran American speaker of the Student Government Assembly and previously served as a member of the Student Services Budget Committee, which is tasked with voting on the proposed allocation of the $41 million student services budget used to fund university departments and initiatives. He is a recipient of the Texas Exes President’s Leadership Award and is a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow. A native of Laredo, Texas, Lopez is proud to be from the U.S.-Mexico border.