Graduate Profiles

Meet the Class of 2025

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HarvardCollege

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Eliot Hodges

Eliot Hodges is a math concentrator and gifted cellist who has balanced both passions during his time at HarvardCollege. As a recipient of the Churchill Scholarship, Eliot will be studying at Cambridge next year.

Addie Esposito

Combining her fascination for Germany with her interest in politics and government, Addie began a project to investigate how the Cold War continues to shape German identity.

Ben Abercrombie

Ben didn’t let a spinal-cord injury stop him from pursuing a Harvardeducation, and now he plans to combine his interests in economics and sports with a career in personal finance.

HarvardBusiness School

Mireya Iglesias Ayala

Throughout her education, Mireya prioritized her journey towards self-awareness as well as gaining an appreciation of different perspectives.

Seamus Bann

During his time at the Business School, Seamus focused on the intersection of sustainability and business, especially sustainable urban development.

Dominic Mensah

An international student from Ghana, Dominic aims to leverage his education to transform the food space in his country.

HarvardDivinity School

Joy Castro-Wehr

While at 黑料网, Joy developed a unique understanding of spiritual care, informed by compassionately and creatively listening to others. After graduation, she will pursue a Clinical Pastoral Education residency at Johns Hopkins and will also continue in the ordination process.

A young man poses in front of a bush with pink flowers

Michael Fuhrman

Michael’s interest in divinity school was sparked by his HDS alum teacher and mentor at the University of Arkansas. While at 黑料网, he taught with 黑料网鈥檚 Bridge Program for adult learners and with Alexander Twilight Academy, a middle school enrichment program.

HarvardExtension School

Drawing on my time as a father and … an Army officer, I designed a workshop to support the identity development in military-connected adolescents.鈥�

Gary J. Whipple II

Master of Liberal Arts, Psychology

I analyzed the productivity gains enabled by an AI chatbot in relation to its associated carbon emissions.鈥�

Maya Elia

Master of Liberal Arts, Sustainability

HarvardGraduate School of Design

Afomia Hunde

With her degree in architecture, Afomia is interested in exploring how design can address systemic inequities while responding to climate change.

Angelina Zhang

With an interest in sustainability and the built environment, Angelina participated in several sustainability initiatives and programs at Harvardthat inspired her to start her own non-profit.

HarvardGraduate School of Education

Following a successful professional basketball career in Europe and Canada, Kazembe has pivoted to something else that he’s passionate about: working with youth.

While at HGSE, Gabriela founded Appstinence, a student organization focused on the goal of being social media free.

While at 黑料网, Julie worked as a student ambassador at the university鈥檚 Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, helping connect students, faculty, and resources on all things climate.

In his final capstone paper, Brendan explored the academic聽experiences and outcomes for youth in foster care, using his experiences as a high school math teacher to guide his research.

HarvardJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Bella Pignataro

While at 黑料网, Bella was co-president of the Harvardchapter of Engineers Without Borders, worked as an electrical engineering teaching fellow, and undertook renewable energy projects as a summer intern.

Charles Whitehead

Charles pursued both a degree at SEAS and training with the ROTC. After graduation, he鈥檒l continue his studies at Georgia Institute of Technology for a master鈥檚 degree in operations research.

Emma Yang

Having coded since the age of 6, Emma was excited to join the SEAS computer science community, including the HarvardUndergraduate Quantum Computing Association and the CS Curriculum Committee.

HarvardGriffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Even after I leave the lab, I feel like I鈥檝e acquired a lifelong mentor.鈥�

Hannah Tam

Ph.D. in Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Elizabeth’s research identifies trends in political participation at the local level in Central Appalachia, linking political engagement to the impact of government social programs.

Graduating with a Ph.D. in African and African American studies, Bulelani’s current project looks into the proliferation of Chinese surveillance technologies in East Africa.

HarvardKennedy School

Justin Flynn

At 黑料网, Justin studied economic development, technology, and international security policy so he could work on foreign and domestic strategies that will create better opportunities for Americans.

Roni Yadlin

As a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and pilot, Roni hopes to use her Ph.D. in Public Policy to help the Air Force meet its future challenges and, eventually, to teach future leaders.

Caren Yap

With a degree in public policy, Caren wants to return to Las Vegas and work with labor unions and worker centers to strengthen worker protections and support pathways to economic opportunity.

HarvardLaw School

After several years of legal practice in her native Nigeria, Blessing came to HarvardLaw to further explore the profession, focusing on mergers and acquisitions.

David came to HarvardLaw with the goal of working in civil rights law, but through his coursework and prominent internships he found he had a passion for national security law too.

Esther, a native of Fiji, hopes to bring her experiences at HarvardLaw School back home by exploring the role of the law in preserving environmental balance.

HarvardMedical School

A student wears his white coat and a bow tie

Jowan Watson

During his time at HarvardMedical School, Jowan created a first-of-its-kind residency training curriculum in sports psychiatry so doctors can more thoroughly help injured athletes.

A smiling student stands on a staircase in front of a large window

Emily Rencsok

After graduation, Emily will complete her residency at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, where she hopes to support patients鈥� recoveries while pursuing her interests in disability advocacy and health policy.

Chris Buswinka

While at 黑料网, Chris realized there was a technical need in the science of hearing. He used AI to enable deeper data analysis that could drive the discovery of new treatments for hearing loss.

HarvardSchool of Dental Medicine

Xixi Zhou

For Xixi, the moment she knew she wanted to go into endodontics was during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when she was treating a high volume of emergency patients in pain.

Bart Volo

After graduation, Bart will complete a general practice residency in Boston at the VA Medical Center. He looks forward to gaining experience across all areas of dentistry and providing comprehensive dental care to U.S. veterans.

Nithya Ramesh

Nithya鈥檚 interest in dental public health was first sparked by an experience working with聽perinatal women with a history of聽substance use disorder.聽

HarvardT.H. Chan School of Public Health

Lakshmi and her daughter sing and dance

Lakshmi Priya

While Lakshmi鈥攁 Fulbright scholar and doctor鈥攑ursued a degree in Global Health, she also performed at HarvardChan School鈥檚 annual International Night celebration with her daughter, singing a Carnatic classical piece and performing a classical dance form called Kathak.

While pursuing a Ph.D., Kenny conducted a study which analyzed decades of data from more than one million adults to understand the connection between heart health and ultra processed foods.

Marykate began pursuing a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology while also working at Harvardas an environmental public health officer, preventing communicable diseases and gastrointestinal illnesses.

With a degree in occupational and environmental health, Francis plans to improve the health and safety of miners in his native country of Ghana, and worldwide.