Where Are They Now: Samantha Chu ’11

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I am currently an Immigration Analyst with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, under U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Refugee, Asylum and International Operations directorate. I work in the San Francisco office, where I provide critical operations and administrative support for one of the eight…

Where Are They Now: Amita Parashar Kelly ’06

Amita Parashar Kelly ’06 is a digital editor and producer on NPR’s politics desk. Before covering politics, Amita produced and edited for NPR’s Tell Me More, a program that went behind the headlines to talk about multicultural life, faith, parenting, health and more. She spend all her free time these days reading Wellesley’s alum groups on Facebook.…

Where Are They Now: Robin Filan ’09

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I graduated from Wellesley with a dual degree in International Relations-History and Italian Studies, and today I work at XO Group, a media company with websites The Knot (weddings), The Bump (babies) and The Nest (newlyweds).  I am a Business Intelligence Analyst, so I work…

Where Are They Now: Cayla Vila ’15

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. My name is Cayla Vila and I graduated from Wellesley in 2015 with majors in neuroscience and Spanish. At Wellesley I was involved in Freestyle and Blue Cancer Society/Relay for Life, and loved spending time outside on campus. I’m currently spending one year as an…

Where Are They Now: Emily Kirk Weddle ’14

Emily Kirk Weddle ’14, Development and Communications Associate, joined Cantata Singers in July 2014. In her position, ​Emily is responsible for all print and online marketing materials, fundraising efforts, planning Cantata Singers events, and maintaining Cantata Singers’ social media and website.​ ​Prior to joining Cantata Singers, ​Emily participated in internship programs at the Peggy Guggenheim…

Where Are They Now: Meg Teckman-Fullard ’07

Meg Teckman-Fullard ’07 was a producer for Reuters Digital Video in Asia where she led production of video content for Thomson Reuters professional products and was responsible for shaping editorial content for the team’s contributions to Reuters.com and media clients. Meg had been working in Hong Kong with Thomson Reuters for 3 years. She got the position the…

Where Are They Now: Anisha Vachani ’12

After graduating from Wellesley, Anisha Vachani ’12 moved to NYC to work with The Boston Consulting Group, traveling across the world to work with a range of companies/school systems. She moved back to Boston in the summer of 2014 to participate in a year-long education-focused fellowship through Education Pioneers, and was placed with Strategic Grant…

Where Are They Now: Satya Twena ’05

Let us introduce Satya Twena ’05. Satya is the CEO and Creative director of Satya Twena Fine Millinery & Makins Hats. Satya’s first entrepreneurial endeavor started in 2010 when her mother lost her hair due to the effects of cancer treatment. Satya continued making hats for herself, her mother and their friends out of her…

Where Are They Now: Cecilia Harvey ’00

Chief Operating Officer – Markets and Securities Services Technology at Citigroup Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. When I was a little girl I played chairman of the board and monopoly with my barbie dolls, and spent hours on my Commodore 128 computer. Based on my childhood games, I suppose it…

Where Are They Now: Ama Yeboaa Adi-Dako ’14

Please give a brief background on yourself and your career. I was an English major and Cinema and Media Studies minor at Wellesley. I started my storytelling journey as the creative director for WASA, writing and directing short films and promos for events. and then working that into internships at Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures through the…