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Susan Hamilton
attend ballet recitals and locked myself in the closet to avoid the background noise of children while on conference calls. I don’t do it anymore. I run a branding agency in a New York City, and my children... View Details
- Portrait Project
Emily Wang
grand symphonies and choreographed dance masterpieces with the help of Barbie and Ken. Years later, while volunteering in Uganda, I was invited to a local wedding celebration. Under the relentless sun, guests chatted casually, until the thumping of feet hushed all... View Details
- 11 Dec 2019
- News
A Righteous Path
“Today is a pretty exciting day here,” Safe Passage Project executive director Rich Leimsider (MBA 2003) says as soon as he picks up the phone in late October 2019. “As of today, we are representing 1,001 children who the US government is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Edgar Koerner (MBA 1959)
less a figure than Gerson Cohen, the head of The Jewish Theological Seminary, agreed to be my tutor. For six years we met once a week; that, too, was an extraordinary education. Then, in 1988, I read Rachel and Her Children by Jonathan... View Details
- 26 Sep 2016
- News
Schools for the Future
Sunil B. Mittal (OPM 27, 1999) is founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises and is a 2016 recipient of an HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this video, he talks about building schools to improve the lives of thousands of children and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Tales Out of School
that one of the biggest problems affecting the country's youth was the number of children being left on their own after school hours. That realization inspired Hoit to look further into the situation - and do something about it. As she... View Details
- Portrait Project
Marijana Kolak
MBAs, where I ended up loving every minute of the experience. I want to make sure my children grow up to be beautiful human beings. As a business leader and public servant, I want to help rebuild Yugoslavia so my View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
returned home and pursued a career in business, first as partner at Butler Capital in New York and later as global co-head of investor relations with Apax Partners. As he and his wife, Cynthia, began to move through their lives, having View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
As the children of civil servants living in northern India, siblings Azeez Gupta (MBA 2019) and Namya Mahajan (HBS 2022) enjoyed educational advantages that millions of their lower-income peers did not—advantages such as high-quality... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
An Atypical Case — Robin G. Berglund (MBA 1971)
soberly. "I think the best way I can help children is to work to improve the emotional health of their parents and families." "I think the best way I can help children is to work to improve the emotional... View Details
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- 30 Oct 2019
- News
Creating Agents of Change
Susana Eshleman (MBA 1998) is president and CEO of Children International. In this interview she talks about the goals and benefits of running an international nonprofit organization. “Children International is a global nonprofit... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
Hindu/Muslim conflict. Designed for each computer to be shared by two to three students, the children work with each other with minimal direction from a facilitator. “The stories that have come back are incredible,” Mendhro says. “One of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
Spar In her new book, The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception, HBS professor Debora Spar takes an unflinching look at a taboo topic: the myriad kinds of interpersonal arrangements and financial transactions that increasingly... View Details
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Building a Village: Learning and Living at HBS
Josie McNally is a co-president of the Crimson Parents club. The Crimson Parents club helps families make the transition to HBS by addressing the unique needs of the student parent, their partner, and their children through... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A World of Reading
David Risher (MBA 1991) cofounded Worldreader to help one million children who today have nothing to read get access to the libraries of the world. The nonprofit has sent one million e-books to more than 13,000 View Details
- Portrait Project
Yaw Agyenim-Boateng
vulnerable amongst us. I plan to raise money over the next few years, build high-quality schools, design world-class curricula specific to Africa, recruit top teachers from all over the world, and teach talented African children... View Details
- Portrait Project
Bena Shah
years. We will start tickle wars with our children and laugh until our bellies ache. We will surprise them with donuts on Sunday mornings and spend hours getting to know them over lazy Sunday dinners of kichadi and cudhi, which they will... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Adoption
education, and advocacy to assist children’s adoptions. “There are 10-14 million voiceless children trapped in these hell holes around the world. We knew we would only be one arrow in the quiver to rescue the Christinas of the world, but... View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
From the Ground Up
Paul Phillips (MBA 2003) is cofounder of Kai-Viti Water, which bottles and sells artesian water from the Fiji Islands. In this interview he talks about the company’s policy of dedicating profits from the company to support basic education needs of View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Bridging the Gap
limited student access to technology, and lack of family support and essential services all have had an impact on the world’s children and those who are trying to teach them. The pandemic has laid bare and even exacerbated inequities in... View Details