Caitlin Hartsell is currently pursuing a joint law degree and master's degree in public health from Washington University in Saint Louis, with an anticipated graduation in May 2013. She began interning at the Show-Me Institute in 2009 through the Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program and stayed on as an intern for a full year before being hired as a research assistant in May 2010. She received a bachelor's degree in history from Washington University in 2009, with minors in writing and Spanish. Her policy interests include finding free-market solutions for health care and education policy. Before moving to Missouri, she lived in the Chicago area.