Contributer Bios

Cassandra Sebastian is a graduate from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, with a degree in Political Science. Her areas of study included the American founding and the Federalist Papers. She served as the president of Pi Sigma Alpha, as a founding officer in the College Republicans, and currently assists with the Program for Preserving a Free and Prosperous Society. She recently graduated from the Leadership Program of the Rockies, and plans on attending graduate school in 2016. Recently, Cassandra started Springs Liberty Toastmasters and is currently serving as their president. She is the founder of The Young Federalists Blog.

 For those interested in contact information, you can reach Cassandra at CassSebastian@yahoo.com or at Facebook.com/casssebastian

Emily Gray graduated from University of Colorado, Colorado Springs in 2013 with a degree in Political Science, focusing on political theory, the American founding, and Progressivism.  She was an active member of the student government and the College Republicans; she also served as President of the honor society Pi Sigma Alpha.  After graduation, Emily went on to intern at The Heritage Foundation's B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics in Washington, DC and then moved to New York City as the Assistant to the Publisher at National Review magazine.  Born and raised in Grand Rapids, MI Emily now lives in Colorado Springs, CO with her husband and two cats. 

For those interested in contact information, you can reach Emily at egray3uccs@gmail.com or at Facebook.com/ c13emily.gray

Ian Roy is currently the Director of Operations for a 501c(4) called I Am Created Equal in Colorado Springs. The organization is focused on holding elected officials accountable to their word and responsibilities to their electorate. Ian has also been active with the organization Students for Liberty since 2009 and interned at the Connecticut General Assembly. Originally from New England, Ian is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia. 

For those interested in contact information, you can reach Ian at Ian.Jacob.Roy@gmail.com or at Facebook.com/ianjacobroy

Ivy El-Zaatari was born in Saida Lebanon in 1995, to an American mother and a Lebanese American father. After 5 years, Ivy and her parents and two older sisters moved to Palmdale, California. About a year later, Ivy walked into her living room, and witnessed the destruction of the twin towers on the television, and believed that she was back in Lebanon.  She attributes this moment to the first time she was curious of the differences between America and other nations. When Ivy’s parents divorced soon after moving to California, her mother was a single mom with three girls working on the minimum wage of $8 an hour. She applied for welfare, and was rejected. Without hesitating, she worked 40+ hours a week and studied to receive her Real Estate license and was able to lift her daughters into a comfortable lifestyle. She is Ivy’s greatest role model for teaching her about what it means to have a great work ethic and a positive attitude. Ivy now lives in Colorado Springs and is a full time student at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where she is studying Political Science and Media Communications while minoring in Economics. She is passionate, motivated, and hungry to show each and everybody she meets why America is a country worth believing in. 

For those interested in contact information, you can reach Ivy at IvyInLiberty@gmail.com or at Facebook.com/ivyinliberty

Zach Adams is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs where he majored in Political Science with a minor in Pre-Law. His studies focused on law, business, government, and political philosophy. He is pursuing multiple avenues in both private and professional life. Zach has an overt distaste for government intrusion, and sometimes displays his disgust with irreverent, and sometimes comical, cynicism.  His pieces will focus on government oversights, and the philosophy of our Founding Fathers, the Framers, and their influences.

For those interesting in contact information, you can reach Zach at zachtanneradams@gmail.com or at Facebook.com/zachtadams