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- Portrait Project
Athena Ko
polishing rough situations to reveal the beauty inside. I will soothe the anxious men who come to me for engagement rings. I will mentor difficult underprivileged children even when they spit at me out of frustration. I will bear the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
At Work in the Fields with the Lord
In California’s Coachella Valley, Sister Marsha Allen (MBA 1976) is spearheading a coalition of nonprofits and charitable organizations in an effort to build a tent city for the 20,000 migrant farmworkers and their children who come to... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- Portrait Project
Brian Tockman
500 entries to 5,000. Buy land in Mendocino County. Never lose track of a friend because of time or distance. Show the world that hiking boots really can be fashionable and that punctuality is a sign of respect. Raise children who think... View Details
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
Jeff Feingold (MBA 1997) aims to put himself out of business. “That’s the real goal,” says the founder of Hope and Comfort, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that distributes basic hygiene products. Feingold estimates that, in Massachusetts alone, there are a million... View Details
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Marco Crespo
education in Brazil and help children achieve their full potential. Through my experience at BCG, I realized the amazing impact I could have with the Senna Foundation, helping them become financially sustainable and continue to impact the... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ian McLean
how easy it was to light a fire with one match- something he previously didn't think was humanly possible. I want to make my children laugh when I teach them how to blow underwater bubbles in the pool. To make work colleagues laugh when... View Details
- Portrait Project
Claudio Knizek
through life. I dream of strolling through the plains of Africa, tasting exquisite Asian food, and exploding in joy during Brazilian Carnaval. I want my children – two, perhaps three – to be true global citizens. I want them to be... View Details
- Portrait Project
Bahia El Oddi
to spend my days playing with children in the street of Casablanca. Nobody could judge us. There was no social or racial divide. We were just equal, genuine kids. But one day, the lottery of life separated us. I went to school, while... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Philippines Outreach
his mark in the Philippines, where he spent time as a Fulbright scholar after graduating from HBS. Of his several nonprofit endeavors there, the most prominent is the Children Protection Network Foundation, whose shelters provide a menu... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
A Smooth Stretch
explained, “Yoga became a great way to work my body and quiet my mind at a time when my life as a full-time mother of two small children was feeling quite chaotic.” And yoga also offered a great business opportunity, Hanna realized, for... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
Paul Callahan (MBA 1992) is the captain of his own fate. A freak accident at age 21 left him a quadriplegic. That transformative moment led him, ultimately, to take the helm of Sail to Prevail, a nonprofit that helps disabled children and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
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M. Monique McCloud-Manley
husband will never doubt my unwavering commitment to our marriage Raise children that will understand that there are no shortcuts to any place worth going Never use a lack of money as an excuse for not fulfilling my dreams Learn to give... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Nourishing the Next Generation
says. Today, California-based Chefables prepares more than 30,000 fresh, from-scratch, and mostly organic meals: think vegetable chow mein, edamame hummus, chicken shawarma, and whole-grain pastas shaped like bunnies or bears—a day for View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Ensuring success through education
Educating a nation of children is Hüsnü Özyeğin’s (MBA 1969) investment in Turkey’s future. The successful self-made businessman and philanthropist is focused on eliminating disparities in education. He has founded dozens of schools and... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sanjayan Manivannan
create special moments for others. I hope that someday, my children will believe that their father is the world's best magician. And I hope that my parents will know where I got it from. View Details
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Heather McLetchie-Leader
shame. I will be a Virtuous wife, and I will bear my man of God happy, healthy, precocious children who will love the Lord as much as their parents do. I will touch lives. I will nurture dreams. I will be a blessing. View Details
- 01 Nov 2018
- News
Showing Girls the Possibilities
about children and my engagement serving on the board of National Boys and Girls Club, my engagement as a Big Sister working with young girls, and most recently, with Mother Caroline Academy in Dorchester, which is grade four to eight.... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping smallholder farmers feed the world
training to impoverished communities worldwide, to create healthy local economies. “More than three million children under age five die each year from preventable, hunger-related causes,” he explains. “That shocks me. I have to make my... View Details
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Book Smart
of going to the library and bringing home a stack of books,” recalls Risher. “We didn’t have a lot growing up but that was something we could do.” He wanted the children of Guayaquil to have the same opportunity. Risher’s solution was... View Details
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
families,” says Akuete. “So there were a few children of her workers for whom she would buy computers or pay tuition. But it wasn’t really codified in any way, and there was no commitment to it at a broader level. My stepping in just made... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon