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FAVORITE COURSE: Some of my most memorable classes here have been both in and outside of my majors. I have enjoyed so many classes that I have managed to whittle it down to just a few!

Two of my favorites outside my majors were Environmental Horticulture (BISC 108) and History of Photography (ARTH 226). I loved horticulture so much that I often say that horticulture would be my major if that were an option. I loved the duality of the course: lectures that focused on the environmental impact of plants, coupled with labs in which we took field trips to local farms and gardens to supplement what we were learning in class. History of Photography was taught by Professor Patricia Berman and the hour of lecture just flew by. Professor Berman’s enthusiasm for what she was teaching enchanted the entire class during her lectures, and her high expectations challenged me to work harder than ever for her course. I wrote my final paper for this class on the fashion and magazine photographer Richard Avedon. I became so engrossed in the project that I went so far as to track down the spread itself, as it appeared in a 1962 edition of Harper’s Bazaar, in the dusty corners of the Boston Public Library.

RESEARCH/INTERNSHIPS: Last summer I was fortunate to participate in the American Cities Internship Program in San Francisco at the Alameda County Child Care Planning Council. I was paired through this program with an alumna, Angela Garling '91, who served as my mentor and supervisor throughout the summer. I value my internship experience because I was able to draw so many different things from it, putting into a “real” context to much of what I have learned here at Wellesley. I found out what it means to be a part of an office, work independently and collaboratively, and meet deadlines. I also saw how managing work in the “real world” is similar to and different from the academia to which I am accustomed.

FAVORITE THING ABOUT WELLESLEY (OR A WOMEN’S COLLEGE): What drew me to Wellesley in the first place as a prospective student remains the same: I feel both inspired and at home here. I appreciate now more than ever, as I consider where I’ll be next year, what a gift it has been for me to experience that unique combination here at Wellesley for four years. Even though I spent all of last year abroad in France, I still feel that the power, the comfort, the complexity, the challenges, and in fact, the privilege of this wonderful Wellesley world still followed me.

Of course, the physical space of the campus—its tall towers and rolling lawns—is a wonder unto itself. I love that I can be in Boston and enjoy the cosmopolitan city, but can come back to campus and be again in my own space. Yet, more than that, I think that there is something about Wellesley that brings women together to learn, to think, and to live that is unique, and less tangible.

The women I have met here are the most memorable part of my Wellesley experience, and the friends I have made will always be a part of my life. At Wellesley I have been pushed to my academic and emotional limits, and I have also been able to dedicate myself to work that I love. Every semester on campus is a little bit different; my time here has had its ups and downs most definitely, but I can’t imagine now what it would have been like to go anywhere else.

DREAM JOB: In my wildest dreams, I would be either a famous writer, a horticulturist, or run a chateau on the Côte d’Azur.