The document is a statement of purpose submitted by a Puerto Rican man applying to a program in Public Administration. He has been fascinated by politics since adolescence and is now interested in political thinking and public policy. As a black Puerto Rican man, he is especially concerned with Latino and minority issues as well as Latin American concerns. He graduated magna cum laude from his undergraduate university with degrees in political science and French. He is now pursuing a Master's in Public Administration and is interested in a joint PhD program in public policy and political science to become an integral scholar who can apply social science to policy and practice.