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.…
One of the many valuable lessons I learned at Wellesley was a commitment to service. Whether this meant volunteering to mentor children, joining a professional or academic organization, or pursuing opportunities in government or the public sector, the Wellesley brand, “women who will make a difference in the world,” stuck with me. During senior year,…
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…
At my first-year (then called freshman) year convocation, then-president Ruth Adams characterized a Wellesley education as a life-long membership in a powerful and inspiring community. And wow, was she right: my favorite part about going to Wellesley was life after graduation. Since leaving Wellesley/graduating, I have experienced the worldwide reach and depth of the alumnae…
Alison Buchbinder ’05 is an account supervisor at Resnicow Schroeder Associates, the nation’s leading communications firm dedicated to arts and cultural organizations. Alison joined RSA 5.5 years ago, following graduate school. While at Wellesley, Alison double majored in American Studies and Theatre Studies, participated in the Wellesley in Washington Program, and interned at the Davis…
Carol A. Curley, CFA. Carol is currently a Managing Director with Golden Seeds, an investment firm that pursues above market returns through the empowerment of women entrepreneurs and the people who invest in them. Carol is also President of The Charian Group, LLC, as well as a mentor to the Pipeline Fellowship and TechLaunch in New Jersey. Previously,…