MBA: How Will You Contribute to X Community?

Being the only M7 school to welcome in more women than men in 2023, I understand that X places great value in having a diversity of thought, representation, and perspectives to build future business leaders. I believe I will add color to X’s classrooms through a variety of dimensions.

I will contribute to the X community by helping multidisciplinary teams succeed, utilizing group interactions for mutual growth and collaborating to unite our strengths. As a third-culture kid born in New Jersey but grew up overseas in China, France, Spain, Japan, and Mongolia, I have worked with a diverse array of people. My multicultural upbringing helped to develop a global-minded outlook--compelling me to connect people of different cultures together through business and service. During my time at PwC, EY, and Citi, I worked in international teams and leveraged my language skills to help groups communicate more effectively. I will bring to X my deep appreciation for people from diverse backgrounds. In the Venture Initiation Program, I could help solve conflicts that arise during the first stages of business-building, contributing to the creation of a winning team for the next stages.

As a philosophy and cognitive science major with a consulting background, I'm able to talk about business through the lens of critical thought and scientific inquiry. Coming from a liberal arts education, I will utilize my discussion-based learning to actively engage in classroom discourse. Additionally, I'm a well-rounded candidate who can bring my background from a plethora of subjects to enhance my classmates' and my own understanding of business concepts.

Moreover, my identity as an LGBTQ+, POC woman provides me with an astute understanding of how gendered structures infiltrate the classroom and workplace. This cognizance and empathy allow me to add value to organizations at X--where I hope others will share my vision for a more kind, inclusive world. Having worked for the US Department of Commerce to advance the Biden administration's policy priority of supporting SME local minority and women businesses, volunteered with mentally disabled children, and mentored first-generation BIPOC students, I plan to continue to leverage my position as a minority-in-business to give voices to those who don't have one. Specifically, I aspire to become a leader in private equity that reinvests in minority, women, and POC businesses. As a Lauder Leadership Fellow and Venture Fellow, I'll continue to pay it forward--helping fellow X students become their very best.