Where Are They Now: Misti Yang ’01

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. Ha! Sorry, when I see “your career” I have to chuckle just a little because I don’t think of myself as having a “career.” I have entered doors when they opened, and left when I was ready for something new. Today, I am in graduate…

Where Are They Now: Kim Miller ’07

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I am a cancer epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society. I hold a masters degree in epidemiology from Emory University. During graduate school, I interned at federal- and state-level public health organizations in a variety of areas, including HIV, disaster preparedness, and vector-borne diseases. I…

Where Are They Now: Debbie Tien ’12

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. Right now I’m working in Arusha, Tanzania with the Accelerating Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (AISE) team to build and support an innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem in Tanzania, beginning with Arusha and its surrounding communities. We run Creative Capacity Building workshops, hold events and showcase local technologies in…

Where Are They Now: Molly Tyler ’14

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. While at Wellesley, I was an American Studies major and economics minor. I was a House President and a member of SBOG, and I worked two jobs on campus. I really didn’t know what I wanted to do after Wellesley, but I knew I wanted…

Where Are They Now: Jill Wrigley ’87

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. Thanks in particular to my studies in political science and student activism around the wars in Central America, I left Wellesley very inspired to explore the world and equip myself to be engaged with human rights work. Because of knee surgery my junior year, I…

Where Are They Now: Briana Calleros ’12

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. While a student at Wellesley, I was heavily involved in Mezcla as a means to achieve equity in higher education for Latin@ students on campus. My participation in Mezcla stemmed from my Latin@ heritage and a commitment to civil rights for all groups of protected…

Where Are They Now: Alyssa Kwok ’07

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I worked as a Project Manager in advertising on Madison Avenue before deciding to go into medicine. Because I was a French and Psychology major at Wellesley, I had to do a pre-med post-bacc to get the required courses. While I did my post-bacc at…

Where Are They Now: Andrea Mitchell ’00

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. While at Wellesley I majored in American Studies because the subject matter interested me, and I minored in Economics so that I could get a job. Since graduation I have had quite a few roles. Immediately after Wellesley, I joined IBM as a Research Associate…