Santana F. King is a Master of Public Policy Candidate at the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Outside of the classroom, he is a Graduate Student Researcher at the National Security Data and Policy Institute and Founder and President of the Virginia Political Advisory Group (VPAG). Prior to Batten, he was an International Policy Analyst supporting the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, where he managed European defense portfolios. He previously worked as a management consultant at Guidehouse within the defense and security practice. Santana holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland, College Park.