Karsen Wahal

Karsen is a junior at Stanford pursuing a B.A. in Economics, B.S. in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), and coterminal M.S. in statistics. He's interested in leveraging economics and data science to alleviate poverty and improve policy. Karsen has previously held positions at Propel (a public interest technology startup), the U.S. Department of the Treasury, End Poverty in California, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the U.S. Senate. On campus, he has served in leadership positions with Stanford in Government, Otero (Public Service and Civic Engagement Theme House), the Haas Center (as a Peer Advisor), the Stanford Economic Review, and the Stanford Daily, and held research positions in Stanford's Department of Political Science and Graduate School of Business. In his free time, Karsen enjoys hiking and climbing, reading blogs, and playing with his dog.