Jair Solis

Jair Solis, a native of Texas, is a 3 year veteran of the US Army and is currently a senior majoring in Persian Studies and minoring in Global Terrorism. During his enlistment he served as a Persian linguist and later deployed to Afghanistan as a civilian contractor. He has an Associate's Degree in Persian-Farsi from the Defense Language Institute and hopes to continue his language coursework by studying abroad in Tajikistan this upcoming summer term. After completing his studies he is hoping to work for the Department of Defense in an agency that focuses in countering human trafficking.