Submitted by Maxwell Lasher on the 2019 spring semester program in Washington, D.C. …
My experience in DC has been riveting. To be honest, my wildest dreams are coming to fruition. I can not believe my experience thus far, it is beyond words. I have brought to light now, including today, three different grant opportunities that my work didn’t know about. One of these awards has $75M for FY19 in funds for education programs for students in colleges across the nation. The most ironic part about this equation is that the grant program is a scholarship initiative that I used going through my undergraduate degree.
Almost all of my grant experience up to this point has been un-paid, which I know for sure at this point will eventually pay off. Every opportunity I seek to seize, but it is not easy. Time is more valuable in DC, than anywhere else. Speaking of which, everything in DC is ridiculously expensive. So, since I have been here at McAllister & Quinn I have been speaking up on my intuitions and it has led to greater opportunity each time. Now, before the end of the month, I will have presented at two different meetings (one in front of the whole firm).
I am so grateful to my family, University of Delaware, IGS, and the federal government for helping to make this happen!!!
Very crazy and surreal.