Katie Taylor is a junior in Branford College from Somers, New York. As a History major, Katie studies the creation and preservation of representative political institutions in the United States. She has served as a legislative intern in Congress and worked full-time for Giffords, the gun violence prevention organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, while on leave in the fall of 2020. On campus, she is an editorial intern for the Yale Law Journal and an undergraduate learning assistant for the Directed Studies Program.