Pierce George is a senior at The University of Texas at Austin, majoring in Plan II Honors, government, and economics, with a minor in history. On campus, he served as a First-Year Interest Group mentor, a Plan II/KIPP PlanTutoring mentor, and as an editor of The Developing Economist. George also worked as a research intern for the Clark Center for Australia and New Zealand Studies and as a J.J. Pickle Undergraduate Research Fellow, sparking a passion for research on financial regulation. He is also working on his government honors thesis on international bank regulation. Off campus, George worked as the lead investigative intern at the Travis County Public Defender's Office and as a legislative intern at the Texas House Committee on Appropriations. After graduation, George plans to work as a research economist and attend law school with a focus on economic policy law.