Wellesley College Career Education Official Blog
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I am a mother, lawyer, and community volunteer. I was born and raised in Puerto Rico and came to the mainland United States to go to Wellesley! I work as a legal services attorney at the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI), the statewide nonprofit poverty…
Olivia Dumont, a member of the 2015 yellow class, was awarded the Susan Rappaport Knafel Travel Fellowship. She is spending the next year exploring maternal health and reproductive politics in six or seven countries. In regards to her travel, Olivia says: “But as I’ve learned in the past month, this year is primarily a study of spontaneity, adventure, and…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. The Den came to be a little over three years ago. After working for years in the nonprofit sector, I left my role as the Director of Development and Communications at the Harlem School of the Arts to do my own thing. I launched a…
Anamarie graduated from Wellesley in 2007 where she earned a B.A. in Political Science. During her time at Wellesley, she rowed for the crew team and was very active in the Wellesley College Democrats. She currently works as an executive assistant for General Catalyst Partners, a venture capital firm. In her spare time, she serves…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I was raised in Waterville, Maine and have lived in Bloomington, IN, New York City and Boston in the past three years. I studied Psychology at Wellesley College and graduated in 2012. After trying to find my footing for a couple years post-Wellesley, I now…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I am currently a Specialist and Associate Vice President in Contemporary Art at Christie’s. I am also Head of eCommerce for the Contemporary Art department, which means that I am in charge of growing our eCommerce business globally within the Contemporary art arena. How has…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I am currently a Professor of Theater in the Department of Theater and Dance at Bowdoin College. Actually, that’s not quite accurate. At this precise moment (fall 2015), I’m a Fulbright Scholar teaching theater and performance studies at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. I’m also…
Please give a brief background on yourself: My mom was so determined that I’d attend an all-women’s college and I had been on Wellesley’s mailing list since I was seven-years-old! My decision to attend Wellesley was a tad bit set in stone, but it was a truly pioneering experience for me. I was the first…
Saludos desde España—greetings from Spain! My name is Laura, and I’m an English and Spanish double major from Maui, Hawai’i. I have always had a passion for literature, especially Spanish literature. I already knew upon arriving at Wellesley that I wanted to double major in those two fields, but I had a harder time figuring…
Hello! My name is Wenbo Bai, and I am a rising senior interning this summer in the Philippines with a reproductive health NGO called Roots of Health. I hail from Henderson, Nevada, near Las Vegas. I’m an Anthropology major and Economics minor at Wellesley, but my main interest lies in public health–specifically, health care systems…