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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…
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…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I have had an interest in socially responsible fashion since I was 16 and went to Guatemala to study Spanish and stay with a host family. My pre-teen host sister worked at a garment factory outside of Antigua, and that bothered me quite a lot.…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I landed in journalism somewhat serendipitously, shortly after graduating from Wellesley in 2006, and have been doing it ever since. In the past seven years, I’ve reported and edited for a weekly paper (The Wellesley Townsman, in fact!), gotten my master’s in journalism, done a…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. When I graduated from Wellesley in 2008 I suddenly realized that I had been so consumed with writing my thesis that I had not given any thought to the “what next?” that inevitably follows Senior Week, Commencement, and the packing up of your dorm room.…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. At some point in everyone’s life, we get this idea: what if I combined all of the things that I love most and turn them into a career? But there is no job in the world like that, right? No matter. I will make one! This…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I graduated Wellesley in 2008 with little to no idea what I wanted to do with myself. I graduated with a major in art history and a minor in cinema and media studies; I especially loved modern and contemporary art and the visual language of…
Cabrina Kang graduated from Wellesley in 2013 with a major in English, and a minor in Economics. She’s currently a 2nd grade teacher at DREAM Charter School in East Harlem, New York — a position she landed through Teach for America (TFA). During her time at Wellesley, she was actively involved in the Tupelos, the…
Makkah Ali ’10 graduated from Wellesley with a degree in Peace & Justice Studies and Religion. After graduation, Makkah joined the AmeriCorps; she has since earned her master’s degree at George Mason’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Currently, Makkah is a Mediator and Program Associate at the Meridian Institute in Washington, D.C. Please give…