Carl Schwartz is a 24 year old man from Richmond, VA finishing up his first year living in Brooklyn. Schwartz has been an political junkie since birth. Though his household was divided, he grew up with a liberal left wing father who taught him that “the collective” is more important than the individual.
Schwartz has worked in the non profit field since he graduated from high school in 2010. He is currently working under an AmeriCorp. contract with City Year of New York at the Bronx Early College Academy. To say his is a low income resident is putting it politely, he receives $1000 monthly stipend for his work. Leaving him little left over for rent and recently had to apply for Food Stamps to make ends meet.
Schwartz remembers Pres. Bill Clinton from his elementary school eyes and ears; learning he was an okay president, better than most and then George W. Bush entered the picture, “We bitched and moaned about him for eight years. Every day.” Obama was a welcome predecessor for the Schwartz family but now, another eight years have passed and Carl is worried. He’s had to rethink what and who is best for America. First backing Clinton, then Sanders, now back to Clinton; who he still isn’t sure about.
The story of Schwartz would be a profile on his views from childhood to now on who he thinks will best serve “the collective” and what that means to a struggling millennial transplant who believes in community overall.