Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I graduated from Wellesley in May 2014, double-majoring in economics and art history. In September, I became the Coordinator of Lectures, Courses, and Concerts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In this role, I help coordinate the ticketed public programs at the Museum. How…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. My name is Rosa Fernández. I graduated from Wellesley College in 2007, and studied history with a focus on Latin America. After coming to the U.S. at age 14 with my twin sister and mother, I attended Manhattan International High School, a small high school…
The Center for Work and Service recently caught up with Bernice Chan ’16 to follow-up on her internship experience last summer with Asociación Cordobesa de Parálisis Cerebral y Afecciones Similares (ACPACYS) in Córdoba, Spain. The ACPACYS internship is part of the CWS Global Engagement Advanced Projects. Please give a brief background on yourself and your academic/professional interests. I am…
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…
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…
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…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. After attending law school and practicing law for a few years, I had the opportunity to go into federal law enforcement. During my law career I did a lot of volunteer work in the community, and I acquired a new skill set to bring back…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. While at Wellesley I majored in American Studies because the subject matter interested me, and I minored in Economics so that I could get a job. Since graduation I have had quite a few roles. Immediately after Wellesley, I joined IBM as a Research Associate…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I was the type of child whose strengths were always very clear: while my math skills were average, I had advanced verbal ability and strong interests in history and the humanities. That awareness carried me on to a high school specializing in American History and…
Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I graduated from Wellesley in 2008 with a major in sociology and minor in economics. I went straight into investment banking after having worked at a bulge bracket firm during my summers at Wellesley. I ended up working full-time for a boutique investment bank focused…