“I grew up thinking government was useless,” says Michelle Tang. Today, the aerospace engineering major is engaged in community organizing and plans a career in public service and policy. Central to Tang’s change of heart, and direction, was an immersive summer 2021 internship as a legislative assistant for Massachusetts State Representative Erika Uyterhoeven, working on a project to make local government more transparent to constituents. Tang says she learned how elected officials can “pull levers of power to get something done.” This experience would not have been possible without the…
