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Meet Tal!

Hello everyone! I’m Tal Stoler, and I’ll be one of your vice-chairs for the SPECPOL committee this year. I’m a sophomore at Cal studying economics, and this is my first year in BMUN, so I’m super excited to help put on this amazing conference and meet all of you guys!

Here’s some slightly interesting information about myself:
I was originally born in Israel, but I spent most of my childhood in Los Alamitos, California (aka a very small town in socal that is slightly boring but has good breakfast burritos). I only did MUN for three weeks in high school, so this is my first experience really diving into the MUN world. In my free time, I love cooking, doing yoga, and scoping out the cutest doggos. My favorite dessert is ice cream and cookie sandwiches (turtle cookies with vanilla ice cream in between is the best). Some of my academic interests include food sustainability, education, and women’s health. If any of you are interested in talking to me about any of these topics or just college in general, definitely feel free to ask!


My bff and I with the beautiful doggo Daisy :')

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