Name: Gino 
Graduation Year: 2007
Hometown: Loyalton, California
Favorite Mason Memory: I joined the Mason Rugby Club as a Junior, and the experience I gained as part of a team, and a brotherhood, have stayed with me since.
Plans: Upon graduation I began my career with a lobbying and public affairs firm in Sacramento. I now currently work in the California Legislature for a Republican Assemblyman representing Orange County. My eventual goal is to own and operate an advocacy firm specializing in consulting for companies in the natural resources sector of the economy.
Why did you chose Mason: Seeking a change from the West Coast, I spent three years researching schools across the country that would provide a top notch education in political science. I was also seeking an institution with professors with actual real world experience relative to the curriculum being taught, something that I was not finding in my college tours in California. Finally, location, location, location. Mason’s proximity to Washington made it an easy sell. The ability to intern on Capitol Hill as a 19 year old freshman – when your fellow interns are 23 and just out of college – is an opportunity that only location can provide.
