Fernando Dysico ’26 will launch his career in public policy with a highly competitive summer research internship at the Hoover Institution following his graduation from Susquehanna University.
“It was a tough application process and originally I thought I didn’t get the role until I received a phone call one night,” Dysico recalled. “When I heard, ‘Congratulations,’ my heart dropped. A sense of great accomplishment swept through me as I accepted the offer and realized that all my hard work had paid off.”
The public policy think tank was founded in 1919 at Stanford University by alumnus Herbert Hoover, who was not yet president of the United States. Since its inception, the Hoover Institute has staffed numerous jobs in Washington for Republican presidents since Richard Nixon. The institution’s current director is former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Dysico, a Philippines native who majored in international studies–trade & development and mathematical economics, will be based out of the institution’s Washington, D.C., office where he will conduct fiscal policy and research analysis.
At the Hoover Institution, Dysico will bring prior experience from numerous internships and co-curricular activities. Most recently, he completed a legislative fellowship with the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and presented on a policy proposal that would create a task force on waste heat recovery to explore how excess heat from data centers could be harnessed to help meet heating demands across Pennsylvania. Last summer Dysico was one of the 5% selected from 5,000 applicants to participate in Asia Youth International’s Model United Nations conference in Seoul, South Korea.
A capstone project in econometrics strengthened his analytical and research skills, Dysico said, and small class sizes gave him valuable one-on-one time with his professors. He was active in the university’s chapter of Future Business Leaders of America, for which he competed at state and national conferences, and the Pennsylvania FBLA Collegiate, for which he served as treasurer.
Dysico hopes to use his experience at the Hoover Institution as a launching pad for graduate school and a career as an economist and policy maker.
“I look forward to gaining greater insight into how world-class economists conduct research and analysis on fiscal policy that aids in the formation of federal policy that affects Americans across the country,” Dysico said. “I am also excited to experience life in Washington and be surrounded with the best of the best who have a wealth of experience in serving this country.”
