Sasha Fortunatti is a jack of all trades. In college, she majored in modern language and cultures, with a dual focus in French and Arabic. After completing her degree, she dabbled in law, working as a paralegal before she eventually fell into event planning, working as an event manager for a beauty company. Ultimately, this…
Sarah Calaman graduated from college with a double major in psychology and French in 2019, with an initial goal to pursue a career in children’s speech pathology. However, that changed when she landed a PR and communications internship with a nonprofit focused on bringing poetry to New York City communities. “Through that experience, I discovered…
Shaun Parmassar used to think you had to be a tech prodigy to work in cybersecurity. Now, he’s a cybersecurity solutions architect and engineer. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Shaun embarked on a career in sales for several years. Eventually, he switched to a job in cybersecurity. This new role was still…
Sang Ra started each day at 4:45 a.m. to get to his job at Amazon by 5:30. After working a full shift, he’d race home, frantically trying to beat traffic so he could begin his boot camp classes for the evening. Sometimes, he even tuned into class virtually from his phone during the ride. Sang…
Ana Chávez graduated from Brandeis University with a degree in sociology and a passion for understanding how people’s behavior and background shape their future. At the time, law felt like the next logical step in pursuing this passion. Yet, after two years as a paralegal, Ana realized that this path wasn’t what she had envisioned.…
The world of data science, data engineering, and analytics hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down these past few years. It continues to gain momentum ramping up efforts to improve effectiveness and efficiencies across many different business facets. In a recent report, IDC predicts that the collective sum of the world’s data will grow to175…
For years, Lucas Gowland had a career in finance. A Master’s degree in capital markets taught him how technology, innovation, and coding play a role in financial markets — and in 2016, he became a sales trader in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Throughout his time in the field, one thing remained consistent: a desire to keep learning. Lucas…
Jorge Sanchez wasn’t always interested in data. As an undergraduate, he wanted to become a doctor, but eventually realized a clinical career wasn’t the right fit for him. Still, he was determined to work in the healthcare sector, and began working as a research assistant at Weill Cornell Medicine. It was there that he was bit by…
In 2016, after completing an undergraduate degree in public accounting from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business and working toward her CPA licensure, Alexis Schottenstein decided to pursue her postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). It was there that her whole world changed. Alexis’s interest in digital finance began…
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