Originally from Hillsborough, New Jersey, Vik Palaparthi (C’27) is currently a student at the College of Arts and Sciences, planning on majoring in economics with a minor in statistics. He is deeply passionate about cricket, serving as the captain of the Georgetown University Club Cricket Team. Palaparthi is also an avid outdoors enthusiast, constantly seeking new hiking trails to explore. He was keen to attend the FinPolicy Trek to learn more about the process of how financial policy takes shape. He was especially interested in having conversations with leaders in the private and public sectors to understand what policy initiatives they wish to see implemented and how these are woven into the political discourse. Moreover, he is curious about the use of data-driven and evidence-based techniques in support of purposeful policy initiatives.