The Center for the Study of Free Enterprise wants to congratulate Diana Esters (middle) for earning 1st place in the undergraduate research poster session at the 49th annual Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education in Guatemala City for her project titled: “Graduated vs. Flat Personal Income Taxes: State Level Estimates on Output”!

Diana Esters was a Barnes Debate Fellow for the CSFE at Western Carolina University from 2023-2024, graduated in the fall of 2024 with a degree in Economic Analysis, served as a research intern at the American Institute for Economic Research, and is currently a spring 2025 fellow at The Fund for the American Studies. Ms. Esters has accepted a fully funded offer to continue her economic education and research at Montana State University.

Learn more about Diana here: Graduate Spotlight: Diana Esters (WCU 2024) | Center for the Study of Free Enterprise

Photo Credit: American Institute for Economic Research