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Natalie Zhang

Senior Vice President of Policy

Lakeside School

Washington, United States

Natalie Zhang is a sophomore in Seattle Washington. She loves to engage in political advocacy and the intersections between regional policymaking with gender, class, and climate. Outside of SPRING, Natalie loves to watch the sunsets/sunrises, go stargazing, and spend time outside enjoying the rainy weather.

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Published on July 6, 2024SPRING United States

To conclude its national anthem, as the United States proclaims itself as the “land of the free,” our nation’s sentiment of liberty is not merely one to be sung by an audience of citizens, but rather a doctrine defining America’s society. Democracy is the foundational block that has uplifted this co...

Published on July 6, 2024SPRING Capitalism

From phones to food, capitalism has been the framework for our American society as a whole since its inception. As defined by Cambridge University Press, capitalism is “an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are controlled by private owners rather than by the stat...

Published on December 13, 2023

Social media has exploded in usage amongst children. 50% of parents state that their child has access to some type of social media, with 32% of parents reporting that their children aged 7 to 9 have access to social media. Three quarters of parents have shared the content of their children online.1 ...

Published on October 5, 2023SPRING artificial intelligence

The Universal Guidelines for AI (UGAI), authored in 2018, was hailed at the time as a needed push for the recognition of rights of all individuals in a world of advancing and continuous AI. In the five years since, many of the principles in the UGAI have been adopted into national law and global forums and frameworks regarding AI governance. Principles of the UGAI have been implemented in the European Union’s landmark AI Act, as well as the White House’s blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, which is expected to be released as an executive order in winter ...