Caitlyn, who was born in Guatemala but was raised in Albuquerque, earned her MPP degree in December 2023. With a bachelor’s in Sociology, Caitlyn was drawn to the interdisciplinary nature of the program, where students could tailor their studies to their interests. Her focus in the MPP was on the methods of policy analysis and program evaluation. She now owns and operates a consulting business, Throughline Evaluation, where she merges her data analysis training with sociological frameworks on race, gender, and power dynamics. With an intersectional lens, her goal is to use evaluation and policy analysis to bridge the gap between research and real-world problems. She would like to express her gratitude to her MPP professors, her advisors Melissa and Emma, her parents and sister, her fur-baby Gigi, and a special thank you to her husband, Javier.