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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
girl” from the hills of Jamaica, Sacasha Brown moved with her parents and two younger brothers to Delray Beach, Florida, when she was 10. “My parents made many sacrifices to educate and support us, and they... View Details
- Portrait Project
Valerie Bockstette
I plan to build trampolines. Remember jumping on one as a kid - the more you jumped, the more support you got - and like magic - you rose higher and higher, as though you could bounce forever? I grew up on such a trampoline. No, my family wasn't in the circus. I had... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kate Aitken
it. My mother's grandparents, survivors of the Armenian Genocide, came to America through Ellis Island as refugees. My father, the son of a Scottish bricklayer, came to pursue better work. Both of my parents were first in their families... View Details
- Portrait Project
Avni Patel
one word gives me the courage to hurl myself out into the world every day, in the efforts to make a difference. A difference that my parents would be proud of. Because, you see, audacious is a state that I can be, simply and only because... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Joella Lykouretzos, MBA 2001
Now serving as Hoplite’s managing director and chief administrative officer, the busy New Yorker rounds out her professional and parenting resumes with philanthropic and advisory roles at institutions such as the American Museum of... View Details
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Improving Wellness Through Better Nutrition
recovery and health maintenance plans. “Much of my job is to educate health care decision-makers about the importance of food in improving patient outcomes.” A “first-class Girl Scout” growing up, with parents who emphasized the... View Details
- 11 Jun 2016
- News
Navigating Fertility Clinics with a Click
fertility treatments and thousands of dollars, the couple realized how difficult it was to find and compare information about clinics, doctors, and other care providers. “It attacks you emotionally in a way that’s hard to fathom,” Anderson told the New York Times.... View Details
- Portrait Project
Scott Spencer
world. The Dad who tiptoes into his kids' bedroom to kiss them on the forehead when they are sleeping. The Husband who sneaks notes into his wife's purse, just to tell her how beautiful she is. The Son who calls his parents to celebrate a... View Details
- Portrait Project
Maharukh Sorabji
memories born of emotion, not premium pricing. I want to put the eastern hospitality and generosity that I have inherited from my parents onto a loom and weave into it what I have spent two years absorbing in business school. The result... View Details
- Portrait Project
Liz Delozier
The floor strips you of any fancy credentials and makes you think right there in your boots. There, it didn’t matter that my parents didn’t go to college, or that I went to a public school. You could solve problems as long as you were... View Details
- Portrait Project
Christine Keung
Nestled between a Mexican fast food stand and a Vietnamese nail salon, my family’s restaurant in El Monte, California was where I got my first business education. I was the typical restaurant kid, helping my parents out after school by... View Details
- Portrait Project
Amanda Yang
and traveling to exotic places. But I was extremely fortunate. After a six-hour open surgery, the entire tumor was removed and I was cured. In several weeks, I recovered thanks to the care of my loving parents and close friends. It was a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Keys to the Kingdom
Yorkers in the future.” Added Rhea, who grew up in Detroit and attended its public schools, “I know what it’s like to be from a place where both parents are working hard to help give their children a better life and access to quality... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Using an online platform to reinvent education
Students can take advantage of the extensive library of more than 6,000 educational videos, 100,000 interactive challenges, and assessments from any computer with web access. Every interaction with the system is logged so that parents and... View Details
- Career Coach
Betsy Edwards
Betsy (HGSE, '12) is a Corporate Relations Director in HBS Career & Professional Development with over ten years of coaching experience. Her focus is on supporting students and alumni seeking an impact-oriented career primarily in the health care, energy and... View Details
- Career Coach
Robert Kimmel
Robert Kimmel (HBS '03) brings 15 years of operations management and consulting experience. He enjoys working with students who are exploring moves into operational roles, considering a departure from consulting, or deciding between consulting and operations positions.... View Details
- Portrait Project
Patrick Chung
build things. I want to construct large skyscrapers that leap into the sky; to chisel small, indestructible gems; to nurture a family that makes everything else seem insignificant. I want to grasp a person's quiddity, to never cast away a human being, to enkindle... View Details
- 10 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Coming Out at Business School
effeminate classmates. To go on dates with women in hopes of 'making it work.' To ignore my feelings for Ben. To binge drink and feel less. It took me years to accomplish what my parents did that evening: Accepting me for who I am. I am... View Details
- Portrait Project
Monica Lee
five-hour dinner parties discussing the meaning of life with friends, of trips to exotic locales with my parents and sister, of lazy Sunday mornings cuddling in bed with my husband, of ridiculously disastrous trips with my wonderfully... View Details
- Portrait Project
Jayon Wang
ran out of cash to pay our employees. The real world had gotten the last laugh. For one more time, I closed our doors behind me and left my dreams behind in that empty office. And yet, day by day, the willingness to find joy in failure has brought me back, ready for my... View Details