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Mollie Breen
After demonstrating exceptional math and computer science talent at Duke University, and more than three years of service as an applied research mathematician in the Department of Defense, Mollie Breen took the next, not-so-obvious step: as a reality television... View Details
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Peggy Mativo-Ochola
As the daughter of two pioneering civil engineers in Kenya, Peggy Mativo-Ochola learned to be ambitious. "I saw my mother as a woman who broke glass ceilings and my father as a man who strove for excellence in his field," Peggy says. While her parents... View Details
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Prineeta Kulkarni
Prineeta Kulkarni originally "dreamed of becoming a scientist." She completed a dual biotechnology BS/MS at the University of Pune, but when it came time to launch her career, she shifted direction. "I wanted to see the real-world impact of my work,... View Details
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Emily Schlichting
At age 19, in the spring of 2009, Emily Schlichting was diagnosed with Behcet's, a rare autoimmune disease that introduced her "to the realities of U.S. health care firsthand." Although the disease has proven manageable, her treatments led her into the belly... View Details
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Marc Wilson
Like lots of young people in the U.S., Marc Wilson had dreams of space travel "inspired by comic books and movies like Star Wars." And like many of them, Marc wondered, "Why isn’t that possible?" But unlike most of them, Marc did, in fact, become a... View Details
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Jacob Meiner
Jacob Meiner has always been attracted to the difficult. As an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania he initially studied Near East languages and civilizations. "It intrigued me from an interdisciplinary perspective, as a way to draw history, religion,... View Details
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Emily Hannenberg
When you combine the logical mindset of an engineer with the values of someone who wishes to serve, you arrive at the inspirations behind Emily Hannenberg’s career in the military. "My parents are both physicians," Emily says. "Early on, I tapped into... View Details
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Cristiana Torres
Cristiana Torres' great-grandfather built a textile mill in Barcelos, Portugal, a family business that her father ran, her brother worked for, and Cristiana was expected to join. Midway through her undergraduate years, however, the business succumbed to intense... View Details
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Ruth Cenat
What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? Learning about history is exciting to me—how business, political, and social leaders were able to make tough decisions in uncertain situations that have made an impact for better or worse. The cases we... View Details
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Margo Cramer
Margo Cramer is a person of parallel, but not divided, loyalties. As an undergraduate, she majored in Women & Gender Studies, which gave her, she says, the opportunity to "understand inequality through a gender lens and within a variety of contexts."... View Details
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Fangfang Wang
In China, Fangfang Wang participated in a general management training program at Mars Food that allowed her “the freedom to customize my career path.” Through a series of rotating assignments, Fangfang developed a deep understanding of consumer motivations, “what’s... View Details
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Juan Eyzaguirre
When Juan Eyzaguirre, MBA/MPA-ID 2015, served as chief of staff to the president of Chile, he learned an important lesson about the nature of rules. "Following everything like it's supposed to be, sometimes just doesn't make a lot of sense," says Juan. In one... View Details
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LaToya Marc
Growing up in small towns in Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas, LaToya Marc found her passion for social justice tempered by the practical need to make a decent living. "I was raised by a single mother who stressed the importance of education as a way to a higher... View Details
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Micah Macfarlane
Micah Macfarlane tries to make every career decision to make the greatest difference in the most lives. Before HBS, Micah worked in global health – expanding access to quality care and, especially, affordable medicines. "I worked to solve market failures,"... View Details
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Hayling Price
For many fans of classic network television, New Rochelle, New York, will forever be the home of Rob (Dick Van Dyke) and Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) Petrie, television's first upwardly mobile suburban sophisticates. But for Hayling Price, who is pursuing the joint MBA/MPP... View Details
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Anna King
Anna King, MBA 2015, has been a nanny, an analyst for an international spa company, an associate at an angel investment fund and the "right-hand woman" to a former White House chief of staff. She has deep interests in start-up businesses, politics, and... View Details