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Mary Falvey

My dad called me “princess,” and he began teaching me about the business when I was eight years old. He had founded one of the original U.S. distributorships for imported automobiles – in Detroit: "If we can make it here, we can make it anywhere." To me, he... View Details

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Meredith Cantrell

Sometimes I forget to breathe. My parents used to laugh when, as a defiant youngster, my crying fits often led me to near hyperventilation. "Keep breathing, honey..." they'd remind me. But the first time I heard Mahler's 5th, it was a different kind of... View Details

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Matt Brady

I took my last breath on the side of a mountain, one summer's day in Afghanistan, when my Army helicopter was shot out of the sky. My name, along with 18 other Americans, joined a growing list of casualties from an escalating war on terror. As my wife sat alone in our... View Details

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Linda Zhang

I am in Beijing, in the hush of the sterile hospital room. I walk towards my grandfather, his shrunken figure battered by Parkinson's. The great statesman, once larger than life, now fights for the mere ability to speak. What would you say to your granddaughter if you... View Details

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Lindsay Ullman

Lindsay Ullman, MBA 2015, openly admits that her reasons for coming to HBS "seem clearer after the fact." During stints at Google and Google Ventures, Lindsay came to realize that while she loved being an investor, she wanted to either join a company or start... View Details

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Larry Braithwaite

As a recipient of the oldest merit-based undergraduate scholarship in the nation – the Morehead-Cain Scholars Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill – Larry Braithwaite participated in a summer outdoor leadership experience that encouraged reflection.... View Details

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Lincoln Alabaster

Family and film. These are the ways I will ensure that the legacy of R. Lincoln Alabaster lives on long after I'm gone. I desire to someday be the type of husband who is devoted to his wife, and pray to be the kind of father whose kids admire him in both their... View Details

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Krishna Yeshwant

After graduating from Stanford with a degree in computer science, Krishna subordinated his earlier interest in medicine for one in engineering. While he enjoyed his work developing fake "honey pot" servers to ensnare would-be computer hackers, something... View Details

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Kate Terry

Sometimes I think my skills are prosaic among the flashier feathers around me. A militant desire to decrease disarray. A knack for marshalling resources to plan. A black and whiteness of belief that is both my Achilles heel and my deepest source of strength. I've come... View Details

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Kamoy Smalling

10 shillings. That’s the amount of residual income my grandparents typically had to provide for their children. My mother would often walk to school along the dirt paths of the scenic Jamaican countryside with holes in her shoes and uncertain of her next meal. At... View Details

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Kara Scarbrough

I will be ok. I knelt over my mom, my right hand clasping hers and my left hand supporting her head, desperate to keep her with me just a moment longer. I was terrified. Searching for strength and comfort, I looked at her and said, "Mom, it's going to be ok."... View Details

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Kelly Quinn

My dad taught me to play baseball. With a batting tee my parents bought, my sister and I created an infield in the front yard. Our towering elm trees stood as first and third base. My dad pitched to me on that homemade field countless afternoons. I’d race through the... View Details

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Kelly O’Neil

I will find value in what the world discards. As a child, I dreaded taking out the compost. Walking all the way across the yard with a bucket of fresh smelly food for the compost heap was absolute torture. I couldn't believe that putrid pile would somehow turn into... View Details

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Keyne Monson

I want to stay awake at work. Seriously, I want to create a challenging, fulfilling career that will always keep me engaged. Specifically, I hope to help society by entering the medical technology industry because of the opportunity to help prolong people's life and... View Details

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Kelvin Kwong

I will make magic. I was once a professional entertainer, performing magic for nearly a decade. That's when I fell in love with that look – it's the look on someone’s face, when for a split second, they think that the world might not be as they know it. They wonder if... View Details

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Kari Gerster

I am opportunistic – I figure it out as I go along. In high school, I did not predict that I'd spend college studying art and literature in the Berkshire Mountains. In college, I never guessed that I'd work in venture capital in New York City. And back then, I never... View Details

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Kristie Gan

Will you take my breath away? I remember the glistening rain falling down my cheeks as a six-year-old growing up in Bacolod, a small town in southern Philippines. I remember splashing in the puddles and thinking that life couldn’t get any better. The rain was... View Details

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Kate Aitken

I cast my first vote at age three. My mother hoisted me up to the lever. I clasped it in my tiny hands and yanked it to the left, sending the blue curtains of the polling booth flying open behind us. I knew from a young age that democracy was a privilege and that my... View Details

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Jiao Zhang

The ruler snapped on my knuckles. "Girls dream of being wives not mathematicians." Another rant from the school teacher in front of my class. But I was busy dreaming... that one day, I would go to America and say: I will open a school for girls in China...... View Details

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Junaidi

I want to teach soccer to everyone in the world. For many, soccer is just a game. For me, it is beyond that. Soccer is universal. It demands teamwork and communication. It requires trust and respect. It is entertaining, makes people laugh and sometimes makes people... View Details

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