Molded by a middle-class Texas upbringing and an Ivy League graduate degree, Sean Sweat is a man of contradictions. He can act like an apologetically brash cowboy, but he’s a thoughtful, rising star in the emerging world of digital grassroots activism. He’s a white-collar worker – a supply-chain engineer at Intel – who fights Phoenix City Hall and battles urban blight. Now, he’s a leader in Occupy Phoenix, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
At 18, Kai Filipczak is enrolled in ASU's Master of Public Policy program after graduating with two bachelor's degrees from the University
of Maryland, Baltimore County.
