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Since graduating with a degree in social and economic development policy, Brian Gomez has become finance and operations manager of Sunrise Movement, a nonprofit organization mobilizing young activists to address climate change. He was a member of the Obama Foundation’s 2019 �鶹APP cohort of the Community Leadership Corps, and is an adviser to the �鶹APP Youth Alliance for Climate Action.

“Sunrise Movement [is] changing the debate on climate change and inspiring young people around the country to act,” Gomez says. “[They are] putting the Green New Deal on the map and increasing the perception on the connection between jobs and environmental policy.”

With the Obama Foundation, Gomez worked to connect young, technologically skilled people and local business owners on the southwest side of �鶹APP in order to share skills and modernize local businesses. With the �鶹APP Youth Alliance for Climate Action, Gomez has been working on a solar campaign for �鶹APP Public Schools and increasing the youth voice around environmental issues.

“My education at Illinois Tech made me adept and handling a variety of situations,” Gomez says. “From taking philosophy classes at Shimer College to taking an architecture class, I learned how to think critically, have a design-centered mindset, and back up my policy proposals with appropriate data.”