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{{Team Member|Has team sponsor=McNair StaffCenter|Went to school=Rice|Has team position=Research AssistantStudent|Has job title=Researcher|Has name=Tay Jacobe,|user_imageHas headshot=headshot1.png|Has or doing degree=BA,Bachelor|Has academic major=Economics & ; Policy Studies,|class=2018,|join_date=09/08/2016,|interests=Running, Dogs, Music,|fun_fact=I had reconstructive surgery on both of my knees when I was in high school!,|Has email=mailto:taj3@rice.edu,|Has team status=Active,

Taylor "Tay " Jacobe is a rising junior at Rice University who has a passion for doing meaningful work which helps others.

Tay attended Century High School and earned her high school degree with specializations in Arts, Humanities, and Communications as well as Health, Human, and Social Services(her school allowed specializations in these "academies" in order to help students pursue career tracks). She is now in her junior year at Rice University, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Policy Studies along with minors in Business and Politics, Law, and Social Thought.

Tay is External Vice President at Wiess College and spends much of her free time completing her duties for this position. In this capacity, she is responsible for connecting Wiess to outside resources, mainly through service opportunities and interaction with alumni and College Associates. She has served as an affiliate and fellow at Wiess' Orientation week in 2015 and 2016. Tay also acts as an Economics tutor at Wiess through the Wiess Mentors Society. She also is involved within Rice Intramural sports, playing as goalie for the 2015 Rice Intramural champion Inner Tube Water Polo Teamand running a half marathon in February 2016.

Tay spent two years serving as a Physical Therapy Aide in high school and during the summer after her freshman year in college. This past summer, she interned at the U.S. Department of State in their International Organizations Bureau, and within that, their Office of Human Rights and Humanitarian Efforts. There, she was responsible for drafting a wide array of public and internal documents, attending meetings and writing minutes, and keeping track of resolutions at the Human Rights Council and progress on the President's Refugee Summit. Concurrently, she also served as a Baker Institute Leadership Summer in D.C. Program Fellow. Now, she works as a Research Assistant at the Baker Institute's McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and looks forward to future opportunities for growth.She is hoping to write a variety of blog series during her time here in order to educate both herself and others about issues which impact entrepreneurship and innovation. ==McNair Updates==Tay's work log with daily activities- [[Tay Jacobe (Work Log)]] Tay's idea page for potential future projects- [[Tay Jacobe (Idea Home)]] [[Category:McNair Staff]]