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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…
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…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. After attending law school and practicing law for a few years, I had the opportunity to go into federal law enforcement. During my law career I did a lot of volunteer work in the community, and I acquired a new skill set to bring back…
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…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I was the type of child whose strengths were always very clear: while my math skills were average, I had advanced verbal ability and strong interests in history and the humanities. That awareness carried me on to a high school specializing in American History and…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I graduated from Wellesley in 2008 with a major in sociology and minor in economics. I went straight into investment banking after having worked at a bulge bracket firm during my summers at Wellesley. I ended up working full-time for a boutique investment bank focused…
Sarah Fishleder ’00 is the Founder and CEO of WayScout, a tool for falling in love with a city. While at Wellesley, Sarah studied Philosophy and participated on the Student Council to the Board of Trustees, Committee on Curriculum and Instruction, and Academic Review Board, in addition to spending a few early mornings rowing on…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I graduated from Wellesley in 2006 with a double major in English and Media Arts & Sciences. After graduation, I worked as a visual designer for a small marketing, design & web development shop in Boston. After coming to the realization that UX was my one true…
“Non ministrari, sed ministrare” It was something in these words – something in this mission – that brought me to where I am today. My name is Chaitra Nerurkar, I am part of the Green Class of 2013, and I studied History and South Asian Studies at Wellesley. I am now a Teach for India…
Julie Singer Kerwin ’92 and Dawn Wells Nadeau ’95 have just launched their own startup, IAmElemental, which creates action figures for girls. IAmElemental started with two friends – and moms – who were frustrated by what they saw and, more importantly, didn’t see in the toy market. Their mission is to create toys for play…