Micah Safsten is a writer from Utah. Currently, he works as Communications and Outreach Coordinator at the Utah Water Research Laboratory. He has a passion for natural resources issues, particularly water- a scarce resource in his native state. He hopes that through his writing, he can advocate for better water management policies in the American west. He also has an interest in and has written about Congress and the legislative process. In the past, he has interned at the Utah legislature and Congress. He also worked as a research fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity.