The Resnick Program Analysis

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I am a junior at Tufts University in Boston, MA studying Public Health and Environmental Science and am very interested in pursuing a career in food law and policy. I found out about the Resnick Program through my professor, Sarah Downer, from the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic and am writing to you today to learn more about what the Resnick Program is currently working on.

I am frustrated in American food policy and want to continue my investigation of what it would mean to have a career in correcting this part of American government. I know I am an undergraduate student, but I am very driven and passionate about creating real change in the American food system. I am a California native, raised in Monterey County, and am planning on attending

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