Throughout my career trajectory, I hope to be able to acquire enough resources to give monetarily to causes that I am passionate about. I want for these to be causes that are big in scale and pressing in nature, but also where my money would be most impactful. I also hope to give my time to whatever volunteer services or pro-bono services my skillsets are useful for that may arise throughout my career or in my personal life. I ultimately want to have more influence and impact in the philanthropic sector in the longer-term trajectory of my career.

In 5 years from graduation, I would like to be a volunteer working towards an organization where I can see a direct impact, ideally on a long-term scale—in whichever field that may be. In 10 years from graduation, I would like to seriously consider donating a regular amount of money towards one or more charitable organizations. Will that be rail passenger or transportation advocacy? Something related to global warming? Will it be towards a local organization—will I “still” be living in Portland, Ore., or back in the Bay Area, or living out my dream to settle in the Midwest? Somewhere else entirely? How is Canada doing…do you still visit, even after reaching the end goal of visiting every Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant there? Will future trips help connect me to other locales, like Monterrey, Mex. (courtesy of Liceo, March 2025), Kashi, P.R.C. (Xinjiang, Spring 2024), or another country entirely? This giving goal is being written in my final class after four years at Stanford University…it has been an enjoyable experience, and hard to believe we’ve reached the end!