Dawson Kidd graduated (Spring 2023) with a bachelor's degree in International Affairs from Florida State University. Dawson is from Tallahassee and graduated from Leon High School in 2016. Dawson has worked at both the DoubleTree by Hilton and Hotel Duval by Marriott, two prominent hotels in the capital city. With his hospitality experience, Dawson has discovered a newfound interest in the economics of tourism in hospitality. Dawson hopes to use what he learns at CEFA to travel abroad and eventually enter the field of hospitality economics.