Carmel Harwood is in her final year at SUNY Empire State College, earning her BA in political affairs with a concentration in legal studies. She graduated summa cum laude from SUNY Adirondack with her AA in creative writing and is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society. Harwood has extensive working experience in customer service roles and most recently interned in the human resources department of the largest solar manufacturing facility in the United States. She intends to pursue a career focused on composing and managing contracts, as well as contractual law.