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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…
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 and your career. I am originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan and currently reside in Washington, DC. I was on the field hockey team while at Wellesley, majored in Political Science, and graduated in 2009. As a self employed artist, I wear many hats. I can trace the beginning…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. After moving to the east coast for Wellesley, I ping-ponged back and forth between New York and Boston for ten years before settling back in the Bay Area where I grew up. Like a typical econ major, after graduating I high-tailed it to Wall Street!…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I’m a professional musician, composer, and music educator, based in the Los Angeles area. I’m rooted in traditional jazz as a flutist and vocalist, but my music reflects the multiplicity of my life experience and musical influences from soul, to classical, to African and Indian…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I am a senior legal counsel for the World Bank Group, where I have represented the development institution in Africa and the Middle East, notably in project structuring, negotiations, and compliance in international development finance transactions and advisory services across a diverse portfolio that includes…