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Hi! My name is Shannon, and I'm part of the class of 2024 at Rutgers. I've been at Braze and AT&T through externships. I also completed internships at AvePoint and Signify. Now, I'm at AMC Networks supporting the marketing team with CRM campaigns. I'm going to become more involved in marketing campaigns by taking more initiative, growing in my skillset, and honing my strengths to increase collaboration.

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Hello! My name is Isabella Logan and I'm a rising sophomore at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill where I'm double majoring in Business Administration and Public Policy on the pre-law track. Studying the intersection between law, public policy and business has directed me to many pressing topics in today's society, including economic disparities across different areas and the need to shift towards a sustainable future. Although I was first interested in pursuing a degree in marketing and consumer behavior, I found that I received more gratification from involving myself in initiatives that focused on public good and livelihood. To solidify the skills needed for a position in public administration and business, I've surrounded myself with diverse groups of individuals, from the international students I met while studying abroad in London, England, to my Asian American peers in my college's cultural clubs, to students passionate about sustainable futures in our Sustainable Business Club. Although I will continue to develop my skills and connections as I progress through my college career, I feel that I've built a solid foundation upon which I can grow and progress toward a future in law and public policy!

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My name is Kristina Dormeus, and I recently graduated from CUNY Hunter College, where I majored in Sociology and minored in Public Policy. I work as an Education/Employment Specialist at HANAC Inc., a Queens non-profit, providing career readiness training to NYC youth aged 14-24. I am also participating in 2 marketing internships this summer to facilitate my career growth in the marketing industry. As I mentioned in the previous sentence, I am pursuing a career in the marketing industry, where I would ideally like to work as a Marketing Specialist, Marketing Analyst, or Social Media Marketing Specialist. To facilitate this career shift, I have already started gaining tangible industry experience via the previously mentioned internships. I am also undertaking dedicated self-guided learning by completing and acquiring marketing certificates. Some examples of certificates I have acquired this summer include HubSpot Marketing Software and Email Marketing. I am also completing another digital marketing certificate to equip me with the skills employers seek. I aim to leverage my previous professional experiences and self-guided learning to acquire entry-level employment in my desired field.

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I’m Leila Butler, a senior at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, majoring in Management with a minor in Entrepreneurship. Growing up in a large family where everyone worked in different sectors of business—non-profits, small businesses, consulting, and government—instilled in me a passion for business with a focus on helping others. At Georgetown, I serve as the Digital Content Manager for the MSB Tech Center, where I lead a team of 40 student workers. Additionally, I’ve served as a brand management and strategy consultant for the Georgetown Marketing Association, where I implemented key marketing strategies for local businesses. Outside of school, my greatest passion is the family publishing company I helped to co-found in 2020. Our mission, “Publishing with Purpose,” is reflected in the seven children’s books I’ve co-authored, all promoting positive messages and valuable lessons. At BBPC I’ve developed marketing strategies to recruit authors and host literary events, which foster community engagement and provide local authors a platform to share their work. This past summer, I served as a small business consulting intern at Small Business Corps - Business for Impact through Georgetown University. This role allowed me to support a small business in an underrepresented area of DC, teaching me the importance of adaptability and innovative problem-solving. Overall, my diverse experiences have equipped me with a unique blend of leadership, strategic thinking, and a commitment to community impact.

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Hello, my name is Ananya Saxena and I am a rising junior at Rutgers University studying Information Technology and Informatics with possible minors in data science and business administration. I grew up in Princeton, New Jersey and have always been interested in the intersection between business and technology. My involvements on campus have been in Rutgers Women in Business as a merch committee member and conference committee member. I am also an incoming director of events at the TAMID Group chapter at Rutgers. I am interested in internship positions in the fintech industry and hope to explore my interests in a professional setting.

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My name is Christina Medor, and I am a rising senior at Bentley University, majoring in User Experience and Public Relations. This career path is not typical for students attending Bentley, but my love for connecting with people, event planning, customer experience, and data analytics is what brought me to this major and career path. Outside of academics, I am a part of organizations on campus that bring visibility to those who do not traditionally have it in both business spaces and predominantly white institutions. Some of these organizations include cultural clubs like the Black United Body, the campus center for Women and Business, as well as the Multicultural Center. With the joy I have found in both my academics and other campus involvements, I hope to pursue an impactful career that advances the lives of others. This aspiration is reflected in my experience working with non-profits and global organizations in the past. Gaining global experience has helped me put into perspective just how connected, yet so far apart, we are. What I hope to do is bridge some of those gaps in the business space to recognize that we truly are more similar to one another than the world allows us to see. With the advancement to technology, this has been more evident than ever before but there are always opportunities for businesses to show how in touch they are with the world around them, and how to better serve those that are impacted by their existence, whether a direct consumer or indirect.

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Hi, my name is Liani and I am a rising junior at Boston University pursuing a Bachelors degree in Business with a concentration in marketing and information systems. My passions lie within paving ways for people of minority to feel welcomed in professional and academic spaces. Because of this, I have been honored to take part in the Questrom Ascend Fellowship where we advertise professional and career developing resources to first-generation and students of minority. While I pursue my degree to achieve my passions in technology and marketing, I feel it is important to still align my professional aspirations with my personal ones. With this, I will have the opportunity to build professional spaces that radiate inclusivity and diversity while prospering my professional development in the process.

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Hi everyone! My name is Roma Antala and I'm a rising sophomore at Rutgers Business School in New Brunswick. I am currently pursuing a double major in finance and supply chain management. When I was younger I never really had a plan of what I wanted to do, and my dream job would switch from year to year, from wanting to be a marine biologist to being an astronaut. When applying to colleges, I initially planned on pursuing a major in cybersecurity(or computer science depending on the school I was applying to) but mid-way through the application process I began to realize I was not really passionate about this, and I didn't like coding, which would be a pretty big part of my degree. This eventually led to me doing more research and learning about other majors until I found finance, which I realized I had a strong interest in, especially after I began to learn more about the stock market from my dad. I can now say that I am glad I chose Finance as my major at Rutgers as it has allowed me to pursue my interests and even led me to my double major in supply chain management. In the future, I hope to be able to work in a front-office finance role, and I plan on getting there by learning as much as possible both within my classes, as well as using outside resources to better prepare me and keep me informed.

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Hi, I am Wiam, a rising sophomore at Case Western Reserve University pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer engineering. My biggest passion resides in enhancing human connectivity through communication. Combining this with my thirst to acquire knowledge about hardware and software technologies, I am developing tools that help humans all around the world to connect beyond linguistic barriers.

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I'm a rising junior studying Business Management. As a first generation student, I have felt the pressure of always doing well and exceeding expectations placed on me. Today, I have turned that pressure into fuel not for others expectations but my own. Because I am so invested in my future and wellbeing I am adamant about finding the right career path in management or consulting that meshes well with my personal interests. I have participated in experiences that are helping me explore the creative industries and roles that cater to my strengths and my chosen focus. In due time, I will have successfully found my calling in business and find ways to empower and advocate for women like me.

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Hi, I’m Sunshine, and I’m a rising senior at Scripps College. In high school, I wanted to be an athlete. I wanted to do something that I love every day which is sports, work in a team environment, travel and make good money. To align with this dream job, I played soccer in high school and worked hard to get good enough grades and extracurriculars to transfer to a school that had really high level soccer. I coach found me and I played college soccer for my first year, but quickly realized soccer wasn’t my dream. I became very overwhelmed by the pressure that I put on myself in sports and the toll it was having on my mental health. With this in mind, I reflected on the parts of this dream that I really valued. Things like doing something I’m passionate about, working with a team, travel and financial stability. With this in mind, I reoriented my goal to becoming a consultant. As an undergraduate student I major in Critical Global Studies, I have learned how to speak Portuguese and about international business, and critical and interdisciplinary thinking. In my undergrad, I also gained some new personal strengths. As an undergrad, I developed my interpersonal skills and communication through on campus jobs where I work with clients and coworkers. I’m very detail-oriented and love following formats closely and working with numbers. I also realized in my undergrad how important creativity is to me and how naturally it comes to me. My career goal today is to be a consultant, specifically a Strategy and Transformation Specialist. The function I am targeting is strategy and client focused. The industry I am focused on is consulting firms, and one of the cultural aspects that is really important to me is a supportive environment. My priorities are culture, industry and then function.

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Hello! My name is Chloe McEntyre, a rising second-year student at Spelman College. I major in Psychology with a minor in Administration and Organizational Management. After obtaining a debt-free master's in business administration, I hope to instill meaning and enthusiasm in my future work as an Industrial Psychologist through my efforts of applying psychological principles and theories to the functions of the workplace. Within my long-lasting passion of solving problems for people simply by understanding who and how they are, my professional interests would provide me with a career to do such. As I hope to have influence and inspiration upon each venture, I devote myself to, I dream of professionalism that can have a meaningful impact on people and organizations. Through this professionalism that I would prioritize in my career, I would also utilize the skills in my Real Estate portfolio. Assisting clients in finding their dream homes and companies in finding the most optimal space to excel is an aspiration of mine that incorporates my creative interests with having influence on people.

Furthermore, I have personal interest in prison reform and criminal rehabilitation that I would commit to creating a non-profit organization for. I could employ skills in business management, customer service, and problem solving to advocate for an American system that I have largely researched and have significant opinions on. With experience in advocating and inspiring youth in high school and through community service, I understand the power of my voice and would use this to make a larger impact on such impactful entities.

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Hello! My name is Monica Rodriguez. I am a first-generation honors Marketing student at St. Edward's University.

I choose Marketing as my major because I was always interested in business and I believe marketing to be a good balance between practicality and creativity. As a current Marketing major, I hope to gain an understanding of the roles marketing plays in companies and the different sides of marketing. In the future, I hope to explore career in marketing and public relations.

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My name is Page, and I am a double major in english and economics. I enjoy these two majors since they are an awesome two different paths. I chose English when I got to college because I have always been drawn to the Humanities, but I discovered my interest for Economics throughout college, after taking college level calculus. In the future, I am looking to go into finance as I enjoy high paced environments.

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Hello! My name is Lindsey and I'm a senior at the University of Kansas studying accounting and East Asian languages and cultures. I initially entered college as a biology major after focusing on science throughout most of high school. However, I took an accounting course my first semester and found greater enjoyment in the material so I switched majors. I'm currently in the process of applying to grad school and will complete internships in the next year that hopefully provide guidance regarding career paths. Within accounting I really want to experience an international assignment or join the Korean business network (KBN) team. To solidify the skills needed for these positions I've studied abroad, completed my university's global awareness certificate, and have been learning Korean for four years. Public accounting is very hierarchical so I'll have to put in the effort and demonstrate why I'm a good choice. For the KBN specifically, I need to continue working towards Korean language proficiency.

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My name is Daniela, and I am originally from Ecuador. Currently, I am a rising sophomore at Columbia University pursuing a double major in Economics and History. Combining the analytical skills and financial knowledge from my courses in economics with a strong hold of the pen as I write historical research papers naturally conduces to a powerful foundation off of which to build a career in corporate law---my ultimate goal.

To get there, I started off applying to different programs and was thankfully awarded the distinction of being named a Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar this year, which provides me and my family with some additional financial freedom and broadcasts me to other networking opportunities, accessing their resources and outstanding alumni base.

Moreover, as a member of the Investment Banking pathway of the SEO Edge program, I believe to be cultivating a relationship with finance professionals, taking advantage of their mentorship set-up and smartly perfecting my Excel and data analysis skills utilizing their Wall Street prep course.

Finally, by pursuing an internship this fall at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law as part of the Communications team for their Spanish division, I wish to build a solid ground to learn from and meaningfully connect with industry professionals and showcase to companies the soft skills I can bring over, such as my writing, research and bilingual profficiency. This opportunity could launch me over to other experiences in law!

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Hi all! I am a rising junior at the University of Houston, studying Management Information Systems and Marketing. When I came into college, I was a computer engineering major, however my interest was in tech and not hardware/electronics, and therefore I switched to MIS because I wanted to work in a collaborative environment and in a team that directly works with making business decisions. I aspire to become an AI product manager and also a great leader and role model to those around me.

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I came into college undecided, then I chose psychology as a last resort. I had no real passion for psychology until April 2024 when I was invited to a pediatric psychology conference in New Orleans. I knew than what I wanted to do and I was blessed with amazing mentors ready to guide me throughout the journey ahead as I navigate through academics and life. Currently I am conducting research on black women across the diaspora with the African-American Policy Forum through the Young Scholars Program. I love it so much and I ultimately would love to engage in interdisciplinary studies surrounding pediatric psychology and mental health disparities amongst BIPOC communities.

But more than anything I have plans to move to the country, buy land, invest in a modular home, and grow a garden with a big mango tree. Living near my family hopefully with one on my own. That's where I'm going and I can't wait to get there while still enjoying the present day.

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Greetings. I am Adriana Clanton. Currently pursuing education at Florida A&M University to get a degree in accounting. I plan on using my success to help communities around me as a way of giving back or even just as a helping hand. I hope to find a workplace environment that allows me to grow while I am my genuine self. Advocating for others when their voices aren’t heard and assisting with ideas that can change the world’s progress.

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Hi everyone, my name is My Huynh. I am an international student of Arkansas State University. I am now a senior majoring in Graphic Design.

I was born and raised in Vietnam, a beautiful South East Asia country. I chose to study abroad to help myself have more opportunities in meeting new people, explore culture diversity, and develop my career path. I am recently live in Jonesboro where Arkansas State University located. I love traveling. I've recently traveled a lot this summer, been to places to discover the differences between the states and made new friends. I hope, or I'm sure I will travel to other countries to find out culture that helps my creativity.

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I am a rising junior who is double majoring in marketing and management information systems at rutgers university. I have been extremely interested in marketing since high school. Ever since taking an intro marketing class, I found the concept of consumer behavior and market research fascinating and found myself wanting to learn more. I love learning new things and hope to one day open up my own company.

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Hi everyone,

Hi, my name is Yogitha Sagi and I am now a rising sophomore at the Rutgers Business School in New Jersey. I am currently pursuing a double major in Finance and Business Analytics IT with a concentration in Global Business. If you told me two years ago that I would be back in the United States attending university here doing a major in the business administration field, I most definitely would’ve laughed.

Just two years ago I had been doing 11th grade in an engineering focused school with computer science as my ultimate focus and goal as in India the two most respected fields of study are either medicine or engineering. In my extended family as well, up until now there have only ever been people going into being a doctor or an engineer of some sort and so the only field that I had ever thought of going into was engineering (I dropped the idea of medicine a long while ago since bio was definitely not my favorite). Despite the family background, I had always been interested in currencies. Moving around so much I was converting back and forth between them to see if a product was really worth the amount of money I was spending on it. Soon enough checking the changes in currencies over time periods had become a habit. Living in India, however, pursuing a career in any business field is not entirely ideal. So when we moved back to the United States, I took the opportunity to jump into the business field. After struggling through my senior year of high school both in the academic sense and in the personal sense (convincing my family that taking business was not a mistake) I am now pursuing business at the Rutgers Business School.

In the future, I want to work a stable job within the financial field. My main purpose of going into the field is to make a positive impact as I want to show my younger cousins that you can make a difference no matter what field of study you choose if you leverage the right way. I plan to do this through gaining experience in internships and using the professional development clubs that I have access to on campus.

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Greetings, I am Madison Spaulding and I am a business administration scholar, in pursuit at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University. I am a passionate, aspiring marketing manager who wants to manage and advocate for black-owned corporations and businesses to promote diversity and inclusion. I am in a few extracurriculars as well, for instance, I am a member of the Tallahassee chapter of FACES Modeling Troupe Incorporated. Being a part of this modeling troupe helped shape my passion for fashion, content creation, and marketing. I am also the social media manager for two clubs at my academic institution, where I practice implementing diverse marketing strategies to create valuable consumer experiences and expand community outreach. In my free time, I enjoy volunteering, primarily with young children, where I aid in their academic endeavors after school with different after-care programs. I also enjoy content creating for my personal medias too and researching more into the marketing field.

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Hello! My name is Soukeyna Dale. I'm a rising senior at Dillard University majoring in Business Administration. I'm originally from Ivory Coast in West Africa but live in Milwaukee, WI.

I aim to work in asset management post-graduation to launch the string of careers I'd like to have in my lifetime. I aim to give back to my community through service and resources eventually.

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Hello everyone,

My name is Rika, I am a rising senior at Stony Brook University. I am majoring in Business Management, and specializing in accounting. I also belong to the Business Honors Program. My career aspiration is to pursue a master’s degree in New York and work in the accounting field related to my home country.

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Hello Everyone,

My name is Songia, I am a rising Junior at Boston University. I am majoring in Finance and Management with hopes to secure a role in the Financial Consulting realm. I have a passion for integrating analytics and creativity into my work which is why I feel consulting is the space for me. I also enjoy creating relationships and working on the client facing side of things. As a Black women in finance, I am currently on the search for the perfect role with a company that aligns with my values of DEI, ethical leadership and integrates the global perspective into their work. I have slowly been taking the time to educate myself on the languages of Finance, ensuring that I am well rounded for next summer's internship. I will finally begin to take my finance courses come next semester as well. I want to utilize my educational background to not only make a difference on a personal level but on a societal level as well. I am currently the Secretary for the Black Business Student Association, which is enhancing my leadership skills in which I pride myself on. I have made it my mission to network as much as possible throughout the semester, taking on several mentorship opportunities, ect. Overall, I am committed to learning more about my specific industry of interest while also taking the time to maintain successful industry connections.

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I am a rising sophomore and proud HBCU student who attends the only historically black University & College in Oklahoma, Langston University. I am majoring in animal science and will soon minor in business.

I aim to get all my degrees from HBCUs as I travel down my pathway to becoming a veterinarian and owning my clinics. I had to learn leadership skills, soft skills, strategy planning skills, and more to be able to reach this goal of mine.

I want to become a role model and leader to those around me, especially younger kids who want to reach their goals or join the pathway I am on.

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I am a rising junior and a proud HBCU student, attending Claflin University. I am majoring in Mass Communications with a concentration in Public Relations and minoring in Marketing and Political Science. My goal is to leverage my education and experiences to become a leading public relations professional, using my skills to craft compelling narratives and drive impactful campaigns. I aspire to work with influential brands and organizations, helping them navigate the media landscape and connect authentically with diverse audiences. Through strategic communication and innovative marketing, I aim to be a catalyst for positive change in the industry and beyond.

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I am a rising senior in university with a Major in Business Analytics and a minor in Designing Products. I have a passion for combining data with creativity. As a college student, I get to do both, but I worry about not feeding my creative outlet post grad. I plan on continuing to find ways to stay creative until I can reach a position that allows for both.

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My name is Layla Ralekhetho and I don't think it does justice to introduce myself with the schools I went to and, recently, graduated from, because my journey was a transfer journey. By using the schools I attended as vectors, I was able to meet my basic needs and catapult into the world we're inheriting and put me in the place that I'm in now. One where I can, hopefully, change the world for the better through my experiences and influence.

An interesting dilemma shared by the young workforce is the question of equity and international political and human ethics - how does what I do or where I am affect someone I don't know who's circumstances I can only imagine? My answer to this question - open ended as it may be - is the answer to where have I been. I've never been in the shoes of someone that I felt had the power to affect change, to create a more equitable society or influence the life of someone who is in turmoil. I didn't have this power because I was putting on my own lifejacket to swim to safety! So, if I know the ship is sinking, the plane is crashing, or the world is ending, it shouldn't feel selfish to put my own mask on before helping someone else, right?

We all know it's too late to undo the events in our world past that have lead to inequality and strife. We can't reintroduce women to the workforce in a way that sets precedent for equality, or people of color, or LGBTQIA+ people - or any person for that matter! The systems with which we navigate the world and which govern society are not built for true equity - look at private equity for a perfectly ironic example! My goal is to educate myself, to establish myself, and to work with non-profits, government, big business, small business - to work with everyone - to create a better world. I can get there collaboratively - with FORTE alums, with my school alums at Bard, St. Francis, St. Johns, and Fordham, with partners for change to make the change I want to see.

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Hello everyone! I am currently a junior at Brooklyn College majoring in Business Administration with a concentration in Business Law and Real Estate. I want to pursue a career in the Real Estate industry whether in Real Estate development or Real Estate Asset/Wealth Management. My goal is to work my way up in the career I pursue and love, and ultimately become successful in whatever I do.

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I always went through life knowing I wanted to do something meaningful, my passion for wanting to be in the medical field started when I got to high school. I noticed that my school offered a career pathway where we took courses in our desired career at first my dream was to be a travel labor and delivery nurse. As time passed I was working at nursing homes for internships to get more of an insight on the nursing field. My senior year of high school I finally decided that I wanted to do more and became an OBGYN. I graduated high school at the top percentile of my class and graduated with 30+ college credits.

Now, I attend Claflin University on track of completing my Bachelors Degree in Biology, I graduate Dec 2026. Being at Claflin has opened me up to multiple opportunities when it comes to biology. I decided that I plan on attending Duke University after I graduate to get my masters degree and the goal is to own my own private practice where I can be able to help out low income pregnant women.

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I will be graduating in 2027 with a Bachelors in Arts and Science and minors in business and feminist, gender and sexualities studies. I hope to enter into the workforce in a business administration or Human Resources position before deciding if I want to go back to school for a law degree. Ultimately my goal is to be comfortable financially within an organization I love and that invests in my continuous learning and growth!

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Hi everyone! This is my story. As I was a freshman in high school, I had a passion for music. I'd played cello and had been the section leader of my school's orchestra since middle school, and now I was preparing to audition for one of the top youth orchestras in the state. On a whim to ease my nerves, I decided to gather as much data as I could from previous years' audition results and calculated my chances of making it into the youth orchestra based on instrument and grade level as well as taking into account how much I was practicing.

At this point, I had had almost no exposure yet to anything data-related, and yet it was natural to me. What I found was that the chances of me succeeding were actually higher than I thought they would be, especially considering how much I was practicing. This significantly eased my anxiety, and when audition season came, I mastered the audition and was accepted.

Ever since then, I knew I had a knack for analysis, and further experiences have only solidified that conviction. Now, I am studying Business Information Systems and Data Science in college, combining my enjoyment of data with applicability in business. (I was always starting business ventures and dreaming of being an entrepreneur when I was a kid.) And although I am still exploring career fields and roles to some degree, I am happy to say that I know where my passions lie and am so excited to explore more!

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In high school, I joined my school's FRC team and was mentor for my middle school's all girl FLL team. I initially became very interested in Mechanical engineering and loved the power in building and creating. In one of my elective classes I learned more bout electrical engineering and also grew a passion for it as well. I had the opportunity in 2019 to participate in the Motorola Solutions Careers Mentoring & Shadowing Program with a speciality in Mechanical Engineering. Although I learned a myriad of things in this program, I also learned that I was more into the idea of engineering compared to the reality of engineering and it would still be a passion of mine but not a career. Later on in high school I took a data science class and absolutely loved it. I was able to see the correlation to the stock market that I had been investing in and watching since 2017 so I took on my current passion of Data Analytics. I am currently a junior studying Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon Univeristy with a minor in decision science and potentially an additional minor in human computer interaction. I like to think of my career goals as flexible because I have always wanted to be a data analyst and more recently have become very interested in being a consultant or a software engineer.

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I am a rising sophomore in Finance and Supply Chain Management. I started out as a Business Administration major but felt like that major was too broad. During my second semester, I started being more active overall and attended more club meetings. I specifically fell in love with a club called Women in Finance that provided us with plenty of opportunities to speak with successful women in the industry about their career paths and journey. This helped me to figure out to further explore my interests and opportunities in the Finance field. I can't wait to start this next semester and learn even more!

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I initially came to Case Western Reserve University as a pre-health student. I planned to study Communication Sciences and later become a pediatric audiologist. However, I changed my mind after I shadowed at the Cleveland Clinic and volunteered at a STEM Summer Program focusing on auditory science. I realized that I wanted to do something completely different with my life since I was already heavily involved in this profession due to my personal connection with it. Additionally, I felt like I was more passionate about the systemic issues of the healthcare compared to practice of medicine. Back in high school, I was heavily involved in the social impact/entrepreneurship sphere and knew that I wanted to go back to it. Mid-semester of my first-year, I switched to study Economics and Cognitive Science, with a minor in public health. Currently, I am involved in a venture capital, startup fellowship where I am connected with more entrepreneurial individuals. In the future, I plan to get involved in the business/entrepreneural world and am currently thinking about venturing into consulting or research, and maybe law school. I additionally plan to transfer after my sophomore year of college to an institution that could provide more opportunities in the business world.

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I've always been interested in teaching and helping others. I would tutor/help out my peers with classwork and homework. I loved seeing their faces after they figured out how to solve the problem (especially a math problem). It just feels so good and sweet when you finally figure out the answer after working on it. Therefore, I have wanted to become a professor. Now, I think I might want to go into the financial industry, get some work experience, and then later on, become a university professor. I know firsthand how important it is for a professor to have work experience and bringing that into the classroom is a gamechanger. I hope to be able to make an impact on people's lives in the future.

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Hello, my name is Sasha May, and I am a rising Junior at NYU. While my degree will be in Classics, which may be somewhat unusual and does not directly translate into the role of finance, unlike the regular majors of math, finance, or economics, I can safely say I am quite keen on my major. I absolutely love learning about the Ancient Greeks and Romans and going to the MET; I practically grew up there! I like to pursue things I am interested in, so when I am interested in something, the results speak for themselves, such as my 4.0 GPA. The courses I have taken online and gained certificates from show that when I am passionate about something, it goes all the way. Just like my major, I am passionate about the financial world.

From a young age, I have always been fascinated by finances. Playing numerous stock market games that sparked a passion for investing and seeing my mom talk to her financial advisor solidified my desire to help people navigate their financial journeys. One of the most important things a person can do is to achieve financial freedom and be able to live the life that they want. Going to every financial advising appointment with my mom and realizing that a proper advisor could help anyone achieve their freedom was truly empowering. This solidified my decision to pursue a career in finance.

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My name is Nayely Vazquez.  I am rising senior  pursuig a degree in economics pre law with a minor marketing a Arkansas state university.  I decided on my degree because of my immigrant parents.  I hope to become an immigration lawyer in the future. Currently I am working a car dealership dealing with lots of legal documents that are helping me gain experience for my career and communicating skills. Becoming an Immigration Lawyer will enable me to provide crucial support and advocacy for immigrants, helping them navigate the legal complexities that often keep families apart and hinder their integration into society.  I aim to inspire first-generation students and those from diverse backgrounds, demonstrating that with determination and the right support, they too can overcome obstacles and make a significant impact in their communities.

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In High School, I wanted to become a Doctor because I had passion for science specifically Biology and wanted to help people. I took on challenging science courses in my school from AP Biology to AP Environmental Science. And even took a summer pre-college course called Medical School Intensive at Johns Hopkins University.Quick, I found out that as much I like learning about science. My passionate to create a meaningful impact in my community was greater. Therefore, I wanted to study business learn about how business can create social good to people and ways innovate to meet demands of society. I’m currently a first generation student at NYU Stern School of Business. Studying Business with interest in Real Estate and Finance. During my undergrad, I intern at PepiCo, analyzing data using Excel to identify whether a U.S university had a contract with PepsiCo which helped inform the sales team about the potential opportunities to obtain a contract with a university. I hope to one day own my real estate firm in Chicago helping families find their dream homes while also investing existing real estate properties in underserved communities. During the Fall, I plan on joining the Stern Real Estate Group to connect and nextwork in order learn more about the Real Estate Industry.

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Before deciding to study finance, I was focused on becoming a radiologist. After my first internship, however, I changed my mind. I did not like working alone on one mundane task and not being able to connect with my peers. I wanted to work in an environment where I would be able to collaborate with others and share my opinions and thoughts. I wanted to multitask and learn about various industries instead of just one. Last year, I started college at CWRU, where I met many bright individuals, but I was unable to resonate with many of my peers at Case due to the lack of diversity because the vast majority of its students studied Biology or some sort of engineering. This environment prompted me to seek a larger community with people like me who yearn to learn about the many industries that exist. This fall, I will be continuing my studies at WUSTL and I hope I will be able to meet like-minded individuals.

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I decided to get into the FBI in high school, but I changed my mind after returning from my basic training in 2022. I started college with a Psychology degree and then switched to Accounting and Finance after my first year of college because I fell in love with Accounting after taking my first beginner Accounting class. Then, I decided I wanted a career path in finance, specifically, financial advising. Additionally, I am starting to take more classes related to my major and trying to be more involved in organizations relating to finance. I am slowly going to get close to taking more finance classes and being more involved in other on-campus finance clubs/organizations. Lastly, I am going to get there by taking in more responsibility and getting a finance position for a specific club. For instance, being a person taking care of all the finances or budget of a club.

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I have been in high school, trying to figure out if I wanted to take the career path of pharmacy or law. At that time, I was taking classes like Allied Health, to give me more insight into both careers to give me a better perspective. I wasn't too sure about what university I wanted to attend until I got an offer letter from Dillard University. Currently, I'm going into my junior year, taking on most opportunities so I am exposed to different issues and new interests while helping others and myself. I plan to become a family lawyer, helping children in the system and advocating for them. I will get there by completing school, engaging with my community and networking so I can have the most knowledge and experience.