Eleanor Sigel is a senior at Oak Park & River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois. She is a member of Junior States of America, Science Olympiad, Math Team, and Scholastic Bowl. Eleanor is passionate about books, economics, and politics. She enjoys reading and volunteering for political campaigns in her spare time.
“My politically homogeneous surroundings left me with the false sense that the rest of the world harbored similar worldviews to me. I only realized my mistake the summer before my junior year.”
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