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Not one to shy away from a busy schedule, Kulchyckyj did a little bit of everything during her time at 艾可直播 College. She was a听听student executive board co-chair for the听Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship听and a regular participant in business case competitions, like the international Collegiate Ethics Case Competition where听she and teammate Bijoy Shah 鈥�22 placed second. She also participated in听Kairos听retreats, joined a dance team, and planned fundraisers for causes like Black Lives Matter, and more recently, Ukrainian refugees, all while working part-time.听

Off campus, she was constantly seeking new opportunities to put her skills to the test, interning for venture capital firms True Ventures and General Catalyst, as well as conducting user experience research for MIT鈥檚 Center for Brains, Minds and Machines. She also led web and app design efforts for the startup Fisherman, co-founded by Carroll School alum听Ameet Kallarackal 鈥�18.听

Whatever she does after her time in Poland, Kulchyckyj wants to make sure it鈥檚 as meaningful as her choice to go to Poland. "I saw my life going towards venture capital鈥攁nd I still think it will,鈥� she says. 鈥淓verything I have worked for the past four years will be there when I come back. But right now, I know having this experience will be something that I talk about for the rest of my life.鈥�

Part of his enthusiasm for 艾可直播 College revolves around the sheer amount of resources available to students, including the vast network of alumni happy to offer guidance. After graduation, Guerriero will stay in 艾可直播 and join accounting organization听KPMG听full time as a deal advisory and strategy associate. He interned with the group last summer and met deal advisory partner Janessa Howarth 鈥�03,听MSA听鈥�04, a fellow Carroll School alum whose path, Guerriero felt, mirrored some of his own goals. 鈥淚t was really inspiring to see,鈥� he says, noting that it made him feel that what he wanted, including work/life balance, was possible.听

Guerriero has also been very involved with听, a summer camp and community for children with parents impacted by cancer. When he began his work with KPMG, Guerriero met with his manager and was encouraged to take time off each summer to go work with Camp Kesem. 鈥淭hey want you to have that experience and then come to work fulfilled, refreshed and ready to bring that perspective to your role,鈥� he says. That was a good sign to Guerriero, who was seeking a workplace that shared his service ideals because of the ethical perspectives introduced to him in Carroll School courses like听Portico. It鈥檚 rewarding 鈥渢o look for a job that aligns with your values,鈥� he says. 鈥淭hat way you can really enjoy what you do.鈥�

That empathetic element is a big reason she decided to join the EY team full-time. When she lost her father between junior and senior year of college, she was just weeks away from starting her third summer internship with EY. The team jumped into action, offering time off and emotional support. 鈥淭hat made me feel good, like this company actually cares,鈥� she says. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 what I value and will continue to value in my career.鈥澨�

That sense of community is also something she found as part of the African Student Organization, which she has been involved with for the past four years鈥攖his school year, she served as a senior liaison. 鈥淚 was able to mentor freshmen and show them the value of this community,鈥� she says.

Another community she鈥檚 grateful for is the one she forged working in the Carroll School undergraduate office. She gives credit to her fellow student workers, as well as deans听Amy LaCombe听and Erica Graf, for motivating her. 鈥淏eing a Black woman in Fulton, it has taken me a long time to understand that my diversity is an asset. I do belong in these classrooms,鈥� she says. 鈥淢y voice does matter.鈥澨�

When it came time to consider internships, the Marketing major felt torn between the nonprofit world and the corporate business world. Her solution? Spend time in both before making a decision. First, she worked with听, a network of youth-centric nonprofits. While she was there, she saw how corporate partnerships worked.

鈥淥ne thing that really stuck out to me was the resources that the corporate side had and the responsibility that can come with those,鈥� Heath says. She took that know-how to her next internship with investment management company听听and will expand upon it when she joins Blackstone鈥檚 Global Public Affairs team as an analyst. There, she will be trading her marketing lessons for the writing skills honed in her core classes, working on communications strategy for the firm. She also hopes to work on the company鈥檚 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts.

As she looks back on the past four years, Heath highlights the 鈥渆xtremely supportive鈥� environment she found on campus, like with her involvement with the club field hockey team. After not making the team as a freshman, she was encouraged by the players to try again鈥攕he did, joining the team sophomore year. 鈥湴�可直播 College was a great place to put myself out there,鈥� she says. 鈥淭here鈥檚 always going to be a group of people who are also interested in what you鈥檙e doing and that鈥檚 really special.鈥�听

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His time in Brazil also inspired him to help found 艾可直播 College鈥檚 Brazilian Club, a space for Brazilian immigrants and those with Brazilian heritage to come together and share their culture. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a country with a beautiful and troubled history,鈥� he says. 鈥淵ou see that reflection in its people.鈥澨�

While he was not raised Catholic, Soares appreciated 艾可直播 College鈥檚 perspective that everyone has something to learn from the teachings of the Jesuits, including values he plans to carry with him after graduation. 鈥淟ove, care, and respect鈥攖hose are things that I want to see in my ideal workplace too,鈥� he says, adding that as companies continue to grow and need to fill their ranks, younger workers 鈥渉ave major sway as a generation,鈥� to help foster those kinds of workplaces.听

He feels bittersweet about leaving 艾可直播 College, but is excited for the challenges that await him in Dallas. He has already gotten a taste of the mentality that once you鈥檙e an Eagle, you鈥檙e always an Eagle. On his first day as an intern in the FTI office, a new colleague and fellow 艾可直播 College alum drove all the way from Houston to greet him, Soares says. 鈥淚t was so important to him to show that an Eagle had landed.鈥澨�

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The impulse to make change intensified as she began her minor in Managing for Social Impact and the Public Good and flourished throughout her time at 艾可直播 College. As a final project in her Design Thinking and Strategy class, professor Kristie Dickinson tasked the group to identify something, big or small, that they would like to see improved. Jariwala set her sights on the lack of access to menstrual products across college campuses.听听

As she started doing research on available options, she discovered听, a smart vending machine startup focused on health and wellness. She connected with the company co-founder, who in turn offered Jariwala an internship to help solve the very problem her initial project was centered around. She鈥檚 continuing to discuss the project with 艾可直播 College leaders and hopes that there will still be opportunities to help bring about this change even once she has left campus. 鈥淵ou can make an impact wherever you are,鈥� she says. 鈥淚f you raise your hand in meetings, ask questions, and be curious, you might not change the world, but you can be a catalyst for change.鈥澨�