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I am a nonprofit public relations professional and a graduate student in the Public Policy & Management program at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Currently Reading (8/14/25): “Unbuilding Walls” by Silky Shah

How do you pronounce your la-: GUY-seh-gum.

"It’s not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It’s the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our very being is good stuff." - Fred Rogers

Note: I view the written word as an extension of our human need to observe and connect. I do not use artificial intelligence to enhance or generate my work.