Riya Sinha is a rising senior from New York majoring in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, with minors in Urban Studies and Economics. She is passionate about urban development and economic equity in a global context, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia. Previously, she has worked at May 8 Consulting, the Beirut Urban Lab, and the JPAL-MENA regional office, where she leveraged both research and policy to tackle affordable housing and urban poverty. Over the course of this year, she will be working with Penn’s DevLabs to investigate informal labor conditions for Syrian refugees in Lebanon.