00:13My name is Mason Hess. I'm 20 years old. I'm a junior at North Central College studying
00:18economics and math, and I'll be graduating spring 2028.
00:26Yes, it did help me in class, and I did get academic credit. Just being able to take the
00:32concepts that I learned in class and connect them to the real world and real work.
00:40I would point to two things, confidence and a network. In terms of confidence, coming into the
00:48professional world with no experience and pretty much no network and nothing on my resume,
00:54getting that experience, getting something on my resume, and building that network is
00:59extremely important. The Myers report was amazing for that. More than that, I think these people
01:06that I was able to meet, these professionals from all around the world, care about me as a human
01:10being and not just as another worker or as an employee.
01:18I would recommend this for other students. What I would ask those students is, do you want real
01:23experience in geopolitics and economics? And do you want to build a network? And also, do you want to
01:30make some friends? If those answers are yes, then yes, I would recommend this.
