Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Higgins (CAS’24) came to Boston University to study economics. After spending part of his childhood in Chile, he found a passion for the connections between economics and politics.
During his sophomore year at BU, he studied abroad in London and interned with BritishAmerican Business. At BU, Higgins is the Vice President of Financial Affairs for the CAS Student Government and leads the Financial Affairs Committee and has done research with Assistant Professor of International Relations Andrei Mamolea.
Following graduation, Higgins plans to look for a job, hoping to start his career on the East Coast. Once he has a few years of professional experience, Higgins wants to go back to school to pursue a master’s degree. He intends to eventually move and work abroad.
Arts & Sciences caught up with Higgins, who is majoring in economics and minoring in business.
Interview responses have been edited for clarity.
Arts & Sciences: Can you tell us more about your role in CAS Student Government?
Higgins: I am the Vice President of Financial Affairs. Essentially, I am the treasurer. I also lead a committee of 12 people, where we receive funding requests from clubs to help pay for some of their club activities. We, as a committee, talk with them and approve that funding from our budget. Our role has kind of changed over the last year, trying to make sure that we can have a bigger impact next year.
Can you talk about studying abroad in London?
It was a lot of fun. A lot of the friends I’m friends with now I met in London. It’s been a great way to meet new people that I wouldn’t traditionally meet here on campus.
What is your favorite memory from studying abroad?
My friend, here at BU, has an old family friend that lives in the southwest of France and we stayed with [them] for three days. They took care of us and showed us around the countryside of France. That was memorable and something that I talk about with my friends still to this day.
Can you describe your experience as a research assistant?
I was a research assistant for [Assistant Professor of International Relations Andrei Mamolea], here at BU. I received documents from a few different foreign ministries from Latin America and I would translate them and analyze them and write a report on the attempts of these foreign ministries to promote or slow down the advancement of an international court of arbitration or a Latin American criminal court. It was definitely very valuable, there was a lot to learn, and a lot of work. But also, it’s helped steer me in the direction that I want to go with my studies.
I would recommend that experience to anyone, it’s a great way to get to know a professor here at BU as well.
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Interview by Shelby Rose Long (COM’27)