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Jocelyn Goldberg-Schaible

Timing is everything. And for a little girl with a strong independent streak, being born in 1953 was pretty much perfect. Princeton was just going co-ed as I was starting college, and I was lucky enough to be one of their first female pioneers. Then on to HBS, for... View Details

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John Oxtoby

Many young people have watched “The West Wing;” John Oxtoby is one of the few who has actually worked in it. In a political career that began with Barack Obama’s Senate race in 2004, and culminated with policy responsibilities in the White House, John has seen the... View Details

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Joe Nagae

To be Joe. I have inherited two extremely different Asian cultures: Indian and Japanese. I love both of my home countries and embrace their dualities. As the only non-Japanese looking boy in my Japanese nursery school, I was asked from an early age about my cultural... View Details

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Janina Motter

As a high school student in Florida, Janina Motter “got interested in chemistry and studio art. I went to Stanford where I could pursue a high-quality education in whatever interested me.” There, Janina found herself exposed to the more interdisciplinary practice of... View Details

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Janelle McDonald

Right away, Janelle McDonald makes something clear. “Coming to HBS is a significant achievement, not just for me, but for my family,” she says. “I’m a first-generation college graduate. This accomplishment means a lot to my parents and grandparents.” For Janelle,... View Details

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Jonathan Evans

From the time Jonathan Evans got his first computer in middle school – an IBM Aptiva complete with a DVD encyclopedia, featuring actor Patrick Stewart in the introductory video – he was hooked on technology. Years later, after graduating from college, Jonathan combined... View Details

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Jessica Decklinger

I remember standing in my crib and watching my mother sing Aretha Franklin's "R-E-S-P-E-C-T." And while I had no idea what she meant, she sang it loud and with an effortless comfort that revealed to me a life lived with no apologies. My mother never... View Details

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James Corcoran

Think strategically. Invest for the long-term. Build sustainable institutions. These are all dogmatic precepts I've come to believe. But do I miss out by not paying enough attention to the things that are by definition not sustainable — the vanishing moments that... View Details

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Joan Cheng

The hardest thing for me is to be number two. As a kid, I would intentionally misspell a word to disqualify myself from the annual spelling bee because I was afraid of what would happen if I made it to the next round, and the next, and the next. I told myself I'd... View Details

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Jamie Chang

I want to heal. Scanning the room in this make-shift clinic, we were surrounded by patients wasting away from diseases we knew how to cure, and patients suffering from disabilities we knew how to fix. Although the money had been raised to alleviate this suffering, the... View Details

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Jackie Bernhelm

Growing up, there was this girl: Adriana. She was better than me at everything. She was better at math. Her stories were better. She played volleyball better than me. I was always trying to beat her, but very rarely did I succeed. And then one day, she was missing. It... View Details

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Jacqueline Beato

As an undergraduate, her business ambitions percolated within what might seem to be a technically oriented degree. "Industrial engineering is the best major there is," Jacqueline says. "Yes, it does include the core skills of engineering. But the real... View Details

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Jordan Bazinsky

One day, I will build a crib from scratch. It will feature stained wood for style and monster truck-sized tires for performance, just in case we need to move it around. The project will be exciting and my joy will come from the little person who will inhabit the Martha... View Details

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Jason Brown

I’m all too familiar with not fitting in. It started when I was young. Coming from a Filipino-Japanese-Caucasian family, I’ve never known anyone who looks like my brother and me. It got harder as a teenager. Never “one of the boys,” I was always the last pick for... View Details

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Irene So

First of all, I want to buy my dad a big, fancy new car. When I was growing up, he always wanted a Lincoln Continental. Year after year he tooled around in his old Plymouth Reliant, dreaming that it was a Lincoln, and year after year the purchase of Dad's new car was... View Details

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Ilana Rosen

Embrace my identity, and give those who cannot speak a voice. In 1943, Ila Frank was sent from her home in Prague to a Nazi concentration camp. A month later, she met my grandmother, Esther. In 1944, on the eve of Nazi liberation, Ila and Esther’s captors forced them... View Details

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Irem Metin

Growing up, I spent all my time in books. I admired the trailblazer that Lucy was, exploring Narnia alone. My dream was to become as brave, strong, and independent. These ideals were challenged when I was diagnosed with a severe spinal disorder at age fourteen. Soon I... View Details

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Ian McLean

I want to make people laugh. Not a mean spirited laughing-at-someone laugh, but the laughter found in the joy of life. I want my friends and family to laugh, the milk-coming-out-of-your-nose type laugh, when I tell them a funny story or joke. To make a new Scout laugh... View Details

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Ilene Lang

My parents raised me to set my sights high. But at age 11, a religious teacher said I could not be a leader because I was a girl. In my high school, only boys could run for senior class president so I had to settle for vice president. A Harvard professor claimed that... View Details

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Ian Blasco

I want to build a successful career. For me that means success with a small firm where I am able either to run the firm or otherwise gain autonomy over an area within the company. I want to make sure, however, that I also have time for my family. I am looking forward... View Details

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