Aaron Alva (@aalvatar) is a lawyer (not yours) and hacker who works as a technologist at the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Technology Research and Investigation (OTech). He was a recipient of the NSF CyberCorps scholarship for his MS/JD work at the University of Washington. At the FTC, he explains technical issues to attorneys working on behalf of consumers, and conducts research on areas that impact us all. He fights to protect the future in which his daughter will grow, lead, and amaze.