Carlos Mark Vera is executive director and co-founder of Pay Our Interns. It is an organization that seeks to ensure that everyone has equitable access to professional career paths through the implementation of paid internships nationwide. Carlos co-created Pay Our Interns in 2016, and already the group has had great success. In 2019, it convinced Congress to pony up $31 million to pay interns who work for Capitol Hill. Carlos previously interned for Congress and in the White House, worked for the National Association of Secondary Schools Principals and he was a U.S. Army Reservist for eight years.

Follow him on Twitter @CarlosAngeles25.

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