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Kristen Jones

All her life, Kristen Jones has been singing. As an undergraduate at Harvard, she transitioned into arranging music and directing musical theater. “I enjoyed putting the pieces together,” Kristen says. “Directing went beyond just being on the stage.” After graduation,... View Details

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Kristen Forecki

Kindness changed my life. As an insecure fifteen-year-old, I felt invisible in the chorus of a summer-theatre program, until an assistant director took me aside to offer thoughtful words of encouragement. When she surprised me by thanking me for leading my fellow... View Details

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Kelly Carson

While a freshman at the University of Kansas, Kelly Carson approached The Center for Community Outreach, the school's "volunteer clearing house," with a bold proposal. "I saw an immense groundswell of people who wanted to learn English," Kelly says.... View Details

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Kendall Brinker

Kendall Brinker is driven by a passion for the auto industry. Although her university was "overwhelmingly male," she found a great number of female colleagues who shared her enthusiasm in the Industrial Engineering program. There, they participated in an... View Details

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Kenna Wyllie Baudin

I believe each of us has a calling – I am in constant search of mine, yet I will not miss out on life as I wait for it. To start, I intend to feel energized each morning – not grouchy, not stressed, not depressed. I plan to make each day about an experience – moving... View Details

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Kathryn Andersen

Everyone eats. Three times a day. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Some eat to live, others live to eat. I live to help others improve what they eat. Full confession, I had a head start to food euphoria. On our family farm, there are pigs to feed, eggs to collect,... View Details

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Jonathan Wilkins

Life is a marathon I am ready to run. I will retrieve the torch of ministry to serve. It is as if I can hear the booming voice of my Eternal Sponsor saying, "On your mark!" Followed by the collective roar of my ancestors, "Get set!" I will run to... View Details

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Jennifer Tom

Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman. As a child, I recall watching my adored superheroes day after day as they saved the world without fail. The more I watched, the more I dreamed of having my own superpowers. I told myself that if I just waited patiently, my powers... View Details

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Jenny Tison

With her father serving as a Naval officer in Japan, Jenny Tison learned two important things about life, and herself, early on. “I learned to be an extrovert,” Jenny says, which probably helped with the second lesson. “It wasn’t easy adjusting to our new life at... View Details

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Joel Segre

It took a while for me to realize that I don't just want to feel accomplished. I want to feel alive. The images on my resumé are not the only ones in my dreams, and there is no reason to pretend they should be. In addition to solar cars, ophthalmic implants, and... View Details

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Jeremy Sasson

With a father and three uncles in the Bay Area software industry, Jeremy Sasson witnessed entrepreneurship firsthand. “They did a lot flying by the seat of their pants,” he says. “My father stressed to me: If I ever had an opportunity to get a formal business... View Details

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Julie Russell

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other with us. My family and loved ones taught me that I could do whatever I dreamed of, and this idea travels with me throughout my journeys. Indeed, I would never have even... View Details

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Jocelyne Moyer

Bankruptcy is a word I learned very young. Bankruptcy is when a company's liabilities exceed its assets, so a process is used to sort everything out. But to me, bankruptcy is the process of my family tearing apart. It is having the locks changed on our doors. It is... View Details

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Jamal Motlagh

From an early age, Jamal Motlagh was immersed in the figurative waters of business – his father is a civil engineer who successfully launched his own firm – and in literal water itself. "I've been swimming since I was three," Jamal says. "Then my brother... View Details

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Jaime Mendez

Jaime Mendez' high school choir director was such a powerfully positive influence in his life that at one point, he seriously considered becoming a music teacher himself. After Harvard, he went to Goldman Sachs instead, but his initial passion still played an important... View Details

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Jen Lee

At the age of ten, I learned to sit very still on the edge of a chair with my two feet firmly planted on the floor. Holding my cello, I would always start my practice sessions by playing an open C-string just loud enough to feel the vibration go through my body like... View Details

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Joshua Jarrett

I want to always remember the number 6.65 million. That's the number of people in the world who will make less than each of the Harvard Business School graduates this year. $25,000 a year is enough to put you in the top 1% of incomes worldwide. Meanwhile, the average... View Details

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Jessica Gelman

When I was twelve years old I wrote my life aspirations in the back of a journal. I wanted to play Division I college basketball. I also dreamed of going to Harvard Business School and envisioned owning a company. Believe it or not, I wanted to invent a "gun"... View Details

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Jose Fernandez

The best things in my life were never carefully planned: I was lucky to be born to a great family, came by chance to the US, certainly did not grow up wishing to go to Harvard, and only by chance found someone to love at HBS. My only talent has been being able to jump,... View Details

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Jennifer DeWhitt

Before entering Harvard Business School in 2012, Jennifer DeWhitt, MBA 2013, had been very seriously working at Bain—and just as tenderly working on a children's book with her grandmother. "While I was getting my degree, I didn't know if I wanted to be a... View Details

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