Tag: Profile 2010

  • Campus & Community

    ‘You have to give back’

    Graduating senior Portia Botchway enjoyed mentoring Boston-area students during her Harvard years. Now, she’ll become a teacher for them this fall.

    4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    It’s all about the numbers

    Alexander Ahmed ’10 shows a passion for statistics both on the diamond and in the classroom.

    3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    When the past is present

    Marcus Briggs-Cloud believes native language is what connects communities. His time at the Divinity School has helped him strengthen that bridge.

    4 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    Looking for his big break

    Graduating senior Derek Mueller spent a lot of time being theatrical with Harvard’s Hasty Pudding troupe, and is now heading to Los Angeles and the entertainment world.

    3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Daily battle to improve health

    Harvard School of Public Health student Lyle Ignace hopes to use his experience as an American Indian physician and his new understanding of public health systems to make a difference in the Native American community.

    3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Fighting modern slave trade

    Katherine Chon found her passion in opposing human trafficking worldwide, and her Kennedy School degree will provide new strategies for doing so.

    4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Sparking a passion

    Four years ago, Melissa Tran ’10 didn’t want to leave California. Then she came to Harvard and found out what the world has to offer … and what she has to offer the world.

    4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Renaissance man

    A veteran Italian-American chef, Rosario Del Nero rediscovers the joys of learning at the Extension School, and wins an academic prize.

    3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Fostering a dream

    Kim Snodgrass’ childhood included 10 foster homes in six years. Today she walks away from the Graduate School of Education with a master’s, pointed toward a program that will help other foster children to thrive.

    4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Pumping up sports spirits

    The road to Harvard wasn’t an easy one for Cheng Ho ’10, who at 13 came to America from Taiwan after losing his father to cancer while his mother struggled with mental illness. And then there was football to learn …

    4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Poetry on ice, paper

    Loren Galler Rabinowitz ’10 used her creativity, intelligence, and drive to evolve from professional skating to Harvard, and soon to medical school.

    4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Leading the way

    In a series of profiles, Gazette writers showcase some of these stellar graduates, including Lahiru Jayatilaka, who as a young computer whiz learned a lasting lesson about the importance of precision.

    4 minutes