Where Are They Now: Elizabeth Laferriere ’10

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I am a policy analyst and human rights advocate based in San Francisco but originally from New Hampshire. I graduated from Wellesley in 2010 with a degree in South Asian Studies and received my master of public policy from Georgetown University two years later. Since…

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…