Vice Chair Intro: Ryan Fiorito!

HELLO everyone!

Thank you for clicking on my post. My name is Ryan Fiorito, and I am so excited to be one of your vice chairs for what will easily be the best committee of BMUN 69.

If you want to know a little about me, I am a junior here at Cal studying both political science and psychology. I have been doing Model United Nations for 7 (!!!!) years now, but chairing this committee will be my first ever crisis experience!

Apart from BMUN, I am in an international relations co-ed fraternity, and I'm really funny so I'm in some improv comedy groups as well (teehee). Some of my favorite things to do when I'm not studying or living in a pandemic include thrifting all around Berkeley, climbing hills and looking at the views, and binging television shows with my friends! Unfortunately in quarantine I can only really keep up the last one, but I am currently two seasons in to Killing Eve and would love other show recs to watch!

I can't wait to see what you have all prepared for committee, and I can't wait to see what we have in store for you! If there are any questions or concerns I can help address, feel free to email me at rfiorito@bmun.org. Can't wait to see you all soon!

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