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These experiences led Gabay towards local politics. He worked closely with the Bronx borough president throughout high school as a member of the Bronx Corps program, in which students work towards community revitalization...
...Gabay plans to return to local politics after college, crediting his present success to early political activism...
...Back home being a politician doesn't mean that you're doing it for yourself or to aggrandize power," Gabay says. "It means that you have an interest in the community--politicians start as grassroots activists...
...Gabay was involved with the Corps' mentor program, counseling younger teenagers on issues that included drugs, weapons and unplanned pregnancy. "Not standard Harvard fare," he says...
...fact, when Gabay graduated from Truman High School in the Bronx borough of New York City, he neither wanted nor intended to attend Harvard. "It was not at all on my list," he says...