Ethan grew up in New York and currently studies Government, Strategy, and Diplomacy at IDC. Ethan is a member of the Argov Fellows Program for Leadership & Diplomacy class of 2020. Additionally, he interns at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism working on topics including European foreign fighters, alt-right radicalization, and primary source data synthesis. Ethan also was a member of the IDC Model UN as the head of academics.