Zara Vakath is a Robert Day Scholar and Michael Larson Asset Management Fellow at Claremont McKenna College, pursuing a BA in Economics and Literature. In addition to her involvement as a CIE Fellow, Zara is the Vice President of Materials & Industrials at the CMC Student Investment Fund. During Summer 2022, she worked in distressed debt investing at Oaktree Capital Management in LA, and she will be joining Citadel in their NYC long/short equities group for Summer 2023. Her interests span consumer behavior, martial arts, film analysis, and creative writing.