MBA: Describe an Experience that Illustrates the Perspective You Would Add to the Classroom
Growing up, I’ve always straddled two worlds: I was born in New Jersey and lived there for 6 years. However, I spent the majority of my life overseas in Shanghai and traveling between the US, China, France, Spain, Japan, and Mongolia. Both of my parents are from indigenous, ethnic minority tribes. On my mom’s side, we are Samoans. On my dad’s side, we are half Mongolian and half Uyghur. Neither of my parents had the opportunity to attend college; being the eldest child meant that they were responsible for taking care of their siblings and helping out as the second head of the household.
My mixed identity has provided me with a rich, vibrant cultural heritage and grounded outlook of the world, kindness in how I treat people, and desire to serve my community through business, and equipped me with an awareness of good ethics, knowing that I come from a humbling and diverse ancestry. My multicultural background informs the way that I see the world and compels me to connect people of different cultures and backgrounds together.
My unique educational upbringing and multicultural identity allowed me to cultivate an open-minded, globally-informed outlook on the world—which I'm excited to bring to Stanford GSB! Moreover, it has also rendered me into an adaptable individual who is comfortable working with different people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Moreover, coming from a liberal arts education, as a philosophy and cognitive science major, I would bring a thought-orientated perspective to case study discussions—distinct from the traditional voices of predominantly finance-econ students.
Multilingual and diverse background; originally from New Jersey and grew up overseas in Shanghai, Tokyo, Nice, Barcelona, and Milan. As a result, I speak 7 languages and have a natural love of connecting with people from all over the world. Moreover, my unique upbringing helped me to develop a global-minded perspective and understand individuals from a myriad of different backgrounds/cultures. Given that HBS is such an internationally diverse program, I am confident that my multicultural background would add color and bring a unique perspective to the multicultural diversity of the SVMP program.