Tag: graduate school experience
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Chelsea Liu: From the Stage to the Classroom
In this reflection, Chelsea Liu shares how her journey from marketing and entrepreneurship to dance education, language teaching, and curriculum design shaped her understanding of what makes learning meaningful. Drawing on her experiences as an English and drama educator in China, Chelsea reflects on how her time at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE)…
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Vani Gupta: A Place Where You Belong
In this reflection, Vani Gupta shares how her time at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) strengthened her commitment to building education systems that expand opportunity for girls and underserved communities. Drawing on her experience leading large-scale education reforms in India, Vani reflects on how HGSE helped her move beyond implementation to a deeper…
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Raman Solanki: Service, Education, and the Work Still Ahead
In this reflection, Raman Solanki shares how his time at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) helped him connect experiences across military service, public leadership, law, advocacy, and the arts into a deeper understanding of education’s role in society. Raman reflects on how HGSE provided the language and framework to transform personal loss, service,…
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Ryan Robinson: Using Education to Make Scientific Innovation More Human
In this reflection, Ryan Robinson shares how his time at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) helped him bridge his passions for science, entrepreneurship, education, and community impact. Drawing on experiences as a quantum physicist, educator, and founder of SENSA, Ryan explores how HGSE reshaped his understanding of leadership, workplace culture, and lifelong learning.…
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Valeria Gaviño Peña: Dreaming Bigger Than I Knew How To
In this reflection, Valeria Gaviño Peña shares her journey from self-doubt and staying close to home to embracing possibility and purpose through her time at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Reflecting on her experiences as a first-generation college student, community college transfer student, and former college adviser, she explores how HGSE challenged her…
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Sarah Tran: Learning to Return to Myself at HGSE
In this reflection, Sarah Tran shares her journey from educator burnout and uncertainty to rediscovering purpose and alignment through her time at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Drawing on experiences teaching abroad in Korea and Vietnam, she reflects on how community, creativity, and meaningful relationships at HGSE helped her reconnect with her vision…
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Olivia Oestreicher: How My HGSE Classes Led Me to My Post-Grad Opportunities
In this reflection, Olivia Oestreicher shares the post-graduation opportunities that emerged directly from classroom experiences at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Through coursework, guest speakers, and class assignments, she connected with leaders and institutions whose missions aligned with her interests in higher education, ultimately leading to roles with The HEA Group and Hollins…
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Danni Kim: Bridging Policy and Practice Through Human Development
In this piece, Danni Kim reflects on her journey to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, shaped by her background in government policy and her desire to better understand the interconnected systems that shape young people’s lives. Drawing on her experience working across education, health, and social services in Canberra, she shares how her perspective…
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Catherine Togba Woyee: From Refugee to reformer
In this piece, Catherine Togba Woyee reflects on her journey to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, shaped by her experiences as a refugee, her upbringing in Liberia, and her commitment to expanding access to education for girls and underserved communities. She shares how education became an anchor as she navigated displacement and built a…
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Aria Irani: Embracing the Learning Curve at HGSE
In this piece, Aria Irani reflects on her journey to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, drawing on a background in counterterrorism and government, and on navigating a steep learning curve as she entered the field of education policy. She shares how imposter syndrome and comparison initially shaped her experience, but ultimately gave way to…
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