Where Are They Now: Sarah Fishleder ’00

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…

Where Are They Now: Kate Tetreault ’06

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…

Living up to “Non ministrari, sed ministrare”

“Non ministrari, sed ministrare” It was something in these words – something in this mission – that brought me to where I am today. My name is Chaitra Nerurkar, I am part of the Green Class of 2013, and I studied History and South Asian Studies at Wellesley. I am now a Teach for India…

Thinking of You: Wellesley, Fulbright, AmeriCorps

“Yes, of course I remember/ how could I forget how you feel…” As the soothing words of Frank Ocean’s “Thinking of You” washed over me, I thought back to when I was a senior at Wellesley: anxious for what was to come, nostalgic about everything and everyone, but nevertheless eager to burst out of the…

Where Are They Now: Marisol Trowbridge ’05

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.…

Where Are They Now: Samantha Fields ’06

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…

Where Are They Now: Ariel Levine ’08

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.…

Envisioning a life in the public sector

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,…

Where Are They Now: Catherine de Medici Jaffee ’08

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…