Alyssa is originally from Connecticut, but between her family in Texas and her University of Virginia pride, she doesn’t feel like a northerner anymore. At the University of Virginia, she double majored in Political Philosophy, Policy and Law (PPL) and Spanish, graduating summa cum laude and...

Anahid’s fervor for human development began as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, where she received her Bachelors degrees in both Psychology and Public Policy. She intertwined the study of human development from a micro intrapersonal perspective in psychology, as well as a macro organization...

Andrew recently earned an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, majoring in Marketing and Operations, and an M.A. in International Studies from the Lauder Institute.  At Wharton, Andrew published an article on Russian grocery chains, served as Lauder Student Advisory Board...

Antonio was born in Los Angeles, CA. From an early age, he showed an affinity for mathematics, teaching himself calculus at the age of 13. After reading Stephen Hawking’s “The Universe in a Nutshell” and “A Brief History of Time”, he became fascinated by physics. In 2008, he entered Columbia’s...

Brian is originally from Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia, in a quiet neighborhood of Glenmoore.  For the past eight years, however, Boston has been his home; first as an undergraduate at Boston University, and now as a graduate student at Northeastern University.  As an undergraduate...

Candise is originally from Taipei, Taiwan, but has lived across the US, Europe, and most recently in southern Africa (Lesotho!). She attended boarding school at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, where she developed a strong interest in earth and environmental sciences. She was inspired...

Dan is currently a first-year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Bachelor of Science in Economics. After college, he worked for two years as a strategy...

Danielle grew up in Northern New Jersey where she attended a science and technology high school. She continued her studies at Cornell University, earning a degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering and a minor in business. After graduating from Cornell, Danielle accepted a position as a...

Di was born in China and grew up in Canada and the United States. From an immigrant family, Di is intimately familiar with the challenges of learning a new language, adapting to a foreign culture, and navigating the complex system of college admissions. Di received a BS in Mathematics, BA in...

From a very young age, Elizabeth has been baking cookies, pies, and cakes. This love for baking stimulated her interest in chemistry. Elizabeth attended the University of Virginia and obtained her bachelor’s degree in chemistry with a specialization in biochemistry. At UVA, Elizabeth conducted...

Emily graduated summa cum laude with a BA in mathematics and a minor in economics from Dartmouth College. After graduating from Dartmouth, Emily worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as a Research Assistant for two years. While there, she worked on research and Fed policy related to...

Eric spent the first eighteen years of his life in Cleveland, but since then has lived in five different countries.  He went to college at the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied History & Political Science and studied abroad his junior year at Sciences Po in Paris.  Eric then...

Ezra grew up in San Francisco, and still misses the fog and steep hills. As an undergraduate at Harvard, Ezra majored in Social Studies (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) and wrote his thesis about senior homes in Beijing. Upon graduating, Ezra was awarded the Trustman Traveling Fellowship,...

Greg graduated from MIT Sloan where he received his MBA in the spring of 2014. He also holds an EdM from Harvard University and a BA from Stanford University. He is a full-time Lecturer at Boston University, where he teaches courses in areas ranging from Data Science & Machine Learning to...

Ian has a passion for education. He grew up in East Windsor, NJ and earned his BA in Economics from Bucknell University. After graduating from Bucknell, Ian relocated to New Orleans, LA, where he worked as a teacher and administrator in public and charter schools. Ian has had great success in...

Jim grew up in and around New York City thinking he’d spend his life as a musician. That all changed when he went to Oberlin and discovered that he loved math and economics, much to the chagrin of his music playing self. He earned his BA from Oberlin with High Honors in Economics and a minor in...

Jodi grew up in Hollywood, Florida.  She attended Nova High School, where she graduated as valedictorian of her class, winning several national mathematics awards along the way.  Her aptitude for all things quantitative landed her at MIT, where she pursued degrees in Computer Science and...

Jonathan spent the first 18 years of his life in NYC before making the daunting and unexpected journey to Boston, attending Tufts University. While in college, Jonathan double majored in Political Science and Economics, sat on the executive board of his fraternity and served as...

Josie grew up in the woods of Vermont before attending Amherst College, where she majored in Economics and Environmental Studies and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She was awarded the James R. Nelson Prize for her health economics senior thesis. While at Amherst, she played for...

Kevin grew up in Sharon, MA, a small suburb right outside of Boston. After graduating high school, he attended Northwestern University in Evanston, IL in pursuit of a Biochemistry degree. His original intention was to attend medical school, but upon realizing his passions lay elsewhere, he took...

A New Orleans native, Michael grew up on Cajun cooking, southern hospitality, and books from his local library. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior, he graduated summa cum laude and with College Honors from Louisiana State University with a BS in Chemical Engineering and a BA in Economics. In...

Nick is just your typical kid from Westchester, NY. After living the dream as a peewee ice hockey player, he moved to North Carolina for college. He finished summa cum laude at Wake Forest University in philosophy. After he submitted his graduate school applications, he took 8 months exploring...

Pete is originally from Dallas, Texas (go Cowboys!). He discovered his passion for business in middle school when he realized he could double his lunch money by buying and trading his classmates’ favorite lunch items. He moved to Cambridge in 2008 to study Civil Engineering and Economics at MIT...

Rae is originally from Lexington, Kentucky. After high school, she headed west to the Bay Area, where she completed her BA in Economics with Honors and Distinction at Stanford University. At Stanford, she studied art and the Italian language in Florence, Italy and earned membership in Phi Beta...

Ross was born and raised in the suburbs of New York. After spending adolescence riding his bike, exploring Central Park, and developing a strong ‘New Yawk’ accent, he took a trip down south to study at Emory University as a Robert W. Woodruff Scholar. Taking full advantage of Emory’s liberal...

Sanjay hails from outside West Philadelphia (born and raised). He fell in love with economics at Harvard, graduating with high honors and Phi Beta Kappa. Shortly after a brief stint working for Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt and considering a life of regular deep dish pizza in Chicago,...

Scott attended Cornell University, majoring in Applied Economics and Management with a dual-concentration in finance and accounting. He graduated magna cum laude in seven semesters, and after a few months traveling across Europe, moved to New York to work in management consulting.

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Born and raised in California, Sonya lived and worked in Missouri, the District of Columbia, France, and Switzerland before landing in New Haven, Connecticut. She graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis in 2015 with a degree in History and a minor in Economics. She then...

Tess is a true Upper Westsider with no plans to leave. She attended Trinity School and then moved north to attend Columbia University, where she majored in English and fenced for the varsity team. After spending a few years working at the Kinetix Group she has returned to Columbia as an MBA...

Yiping was born in Tangshan, China, but then grew up in seven different places in the United States. Because of this, she’s developed a deep appreciation for community, different cultures, and diverse cuisines. Yiping recently graduated MIT with a degree in Biology. During college, she spent...