Taking the lead on gay rights "felt risky, and
felt like we were doing something important."
– Ashley Quinto Powell '00
history and media studies, worked with
the National Association of Independent
Schools; Student Diversity and Leadership
Conference and studied abroad in Austria
and South Africa.
Following an internship at Paramount
Pictures, Garcia found a job at Participant
Media, spearheading social action campaigns
in conjunction with movies such as An
Inconvenient Truth and The Visitor. He was
accepted to law school in 2011 and spent the
summer of 2012 as an intern in the White
House Office of Communications, where he
helped draft the announcement of President
Obama's position on the Dream Act.
No matter how busy he was with work,
Powell said, Garcia always made time for
friends and socializing. "He was so much
fun," she said. "His laugh was just ridiculous."
"He was a good friend," Powell added.
"He would hop on a plane and be anywhere
you needed him to be."
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