Silence is an Alumni Advisor to the Chicago Thinker. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He is currently pursuing an M.D. and is an M2 medical student. His interests include: American foreign policy, American domestic politics, public health, and medicine. When not buried in clinical case studies or analyzing the latest political scandal, he enjoys watching Chicago sports and cooking various Mexican dishes. As a proud Hoosier, he brings much needed sensibility to the state of Illinois.