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Eric Nicholas Weiss(born August 5th, 2000) is an American student. He is currently enrolled at Arizona State University(ASU) in Tempe, Arizona, and previously graduated from Casa Grande High School in Petaluma, California. In August 2019, Weiss officially enrolled at ASU pursuing a Finance major from the W.P. Carey School of Business.

Eric Weiss was born in Walnut Creek, California to parents Patrick and Patricia Weiss, but was raised 50 miles north in the small city of Petaluma, California since 2002. He grew up playing sports with a love for playing sports, watching sports, playing video games, and watching video games. Eric always was a strong student, having passed all five AP exams he took while in high school, and developed a interest for math and history during his K-12 years of school.

1. Family and Personal Life.

Eric Weiss was born on August 5th, 2000, at the John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek, CA. His father is Patrick Weiss, a French-born bank supervisor at the Federal Reserve in San Francisco. His mother was an American-born housewife and former Congressional staffer. The Weiss family moved to Petaluma in 2002 and still currently resides there. Eric attended Meadow Elementary, finishing among the top of his grade, and was awarded the Gold Presidential Award at graduation. Eric graduated from Casa Grande High School on June 1st, 2018 with a 3.5 GPA. While he had initially allied to ASU while in high school, he ultimately attended the local Santa Rosa Junior College for two sesmters. Throughout his entire K-12 years, he played many team sports, including football,basketball, soccer, and tennis, along with competing in online gaming tournaments during off seasons.

He is now in his second semester at Arizona State University studying finance.

2. Interests and Career Goals

Eric has always been interested with government, economics, politics, and world relations. As of now, he plans to pursue a career with relevance to Finances, with the goal of working for a Fortune 500 company or have an important role at a large bank. However, he has also expressed interest in working for government before entering the private sector, as employment by the FBI or law enforcement agencies has also peaked interest as well. Unhappy with staying home and attending his local junior college, in February of 2019, Weiss nearly enlisted in the United States Navy to work in the Nuclear Field, however 12 hours before MEPS, he was called and informed that his visitation to MEPS had to be pushed back a week. That very weekend he reapplied to ASU and chose to attend college rather than enlist.

3. Travel

While Weiss had remained stationary in Petaluma, CA for the majority of his life, he had done extensive travelling throughout the United States and across the Oceans as well. As of to date, he has traveled to fourteen different states, and to seven different countries, often make repeat trips to each location. From his travels he has picked up a passion for exploring new places, food, ideas, and and interest in learning about other cultures. There is no country that Eric would not venture, whether it be third world, or controlled by state entirely. His favorite places to travel include Kauai and Northern France where his father's family resides.