Where Are They Now: Ama Yeboaa Adi-Dako ’14

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I was an English major and Cinema and Media Studies minor at Wellesley. I started my storytelling journey as the creative director for WASA, writing and directing short films and promos for events. and then working that into internships at Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures through the…

Where Are They Now: Amelia Gray ’03

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I’m originally from Ohio, and graduated from Wellesley in 2003 with a major in Art History, and I have lived in Boston ever since. After working for a few years in some “starter jobs” (receptionist at a hair salon–GrettaCole in the ‘ville, in fact! and…

Where Are They Now: Erin Connolly ’14

Curious what a career in cancer research looks like? Us too! We asked Erin Connolly ’14 to takeover the MyCWS Instagram and give us an insider’s look into this field. Erin has been living and working in Boston since graduating from Wellesley last year. While at Wellesley, she majored in biology, and has been putting…

Where Are They Now: Courtney Wilson ’08

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I graduated from Wellesley in 2008 as an English major with a concentration in creative writing. While at Wellesley, I did ROTC and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers. I served for 6.5 years, deployed to Afghanistan and then got…

Where Are They Now: Sondy Springmann ’07

Alessondra “Sondy” Springmann is a planetary astronomer. She’s working for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return space mission as a graduate researcher at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. She spent two years at Arecibo Observatory observing near-Earth asteroids with the megawatt planetary radar on the 305-meter William E. Gordon radio telescope in Puerto…

Where Are They Now: Olinda Hassan ’10

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh and was raised between Japan, Massachusetts, and Arizona. I was always interested in the globalization of things, and knew that I wanted to attend Wellesley and be part of a diverse community. I also love New England, in general.…

Where Are They Now: Kendall Bianchi ’15

Kendall graduated from Wellesley in May 2015 with a double major in political science and economics. At Wellesley, she played on the Varsity Basketball team (go Blue!) and wrote a senior honors thesis on the role of private military contractors in war. Kendall is currently studying Arabic in Amman, Jordan, on a Boren Scholarship. These…

Where Are They Now: Asia Young ’14

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I graduated in 2014, majoring in Women and Gender Studies with a concentration in Public Health and minoring in Middle Eastern Studies. While at Wellesley, I was a member of Ethos, Wellesley Women for Public Health, and Wellesley Women in Business. I was also a…

Where Are They Now: Berit Paxson-Tarnai ’15

Berit Paxson-Tarnai ’15 lives in Beijing, China as an educational consultant at Elite Scholars of China ESC. She advises top students applying to some of America’s best colleges – including Wellesley! In her free time, she sings in the International Festival Chorus, and flies on weekly business trips to the Northeast city of Shenyang. Berit was excited to share some…