The Class of 2012

Tell us what you're doing after graduation. I'm going to Bank of America, Merrill Lynch in New York. That's a good question. In the fall I will be entering a Masters program at Syracuse University in isotope chemistry. I'm going to be attending the University of Chicago for a Ph.D in paleobiology. I plan to return to Mexico, where I was originally born, and travel for a couple of years. I'll be joining 500 Startups, a venture capital firm out in Silicon Valley. I'm going to Morocco as a Fulbright Scholar. Securian Financial Group in their leadership development program. Teach For America in New York City. I have a six month internship in Germany with an environmental consulting firm. That's a work in planning right now. It felt really awesome when I first knew that I got a job. Hopefully working with inner city NGOs, we'll see what happens from there. I'll be starting work with a critique investment bank in Chicago. Ph.D program at the University of Minnesota in pure mathematics. The best class... My first-year course: Problems with Race and Social Thought in the US. I've loved them all. Every professor that I've taken a class from has just been incredibly encouraging. Geomorphology and paleoclimate were two of my favorite classes. He taught this abstract algebra class that just changed my life. I was advised to go and begin your career, and then in whatever way you can, give back. You have to be open to ambiguity, and that's been a very important lesson that I've learned through working with these professors. Follow your heart and try everything. You never know ultimately what you're going to want to do. I've learned to not take myself so seriously and just take one day at a time. I think a way to be very good at what you do and to succeed is to do something that you're really passionate about. It's real life, you know, and everything comes down to what you're going to do next.