Ava Gomez is a Communications and Events Marketing Coordinator at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics. Ava received her BS in Advertising from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in May 2021. Her previous experiences include being a Communication Contractor for Whirlpool Manufacturing in Amana, Iowa as well as an internship with GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center of the Quad Cities.