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  • 28 Oct 2022

Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)

Shirley Verónica Cardona Author Alumni
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The Latino Student Organization (LASO) was my home away from home. The annual LASO retreats stand out as some of my favorite HBS memories. Whether going on hikes, salsa dancing, or sharing a meal, our retreats were moments in which we came together to connect and build community. To this day, the friends fostered through LASO comprise my closest HBS friends. We enjoy cheering each other on as we progress professionally and being there to celebrate and support each other as we reach personal milestones. [...]
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  • 26 Jul 2022

Driving Change in Education-to-Employment

Furman Haynes Author MBA Students
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The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. This summer, we are connecting with some of our 61 Social Enterprise Summer Fellows including Furman Haynes (MBA 2023), who is working at Year Up between his first and second year. [...]
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  • 23 Mar 2022

Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

Alexander Gelfand Author HBS Community
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Founded by siblings Azeez Gupta (MBA 2019) and Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022), the edtech nonprofit Rocket Learning targets India’s lower-income students—and the teachers and parents who support them. [...]
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  • 17 Feb 2022

The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

Shona Simkin Author HBS Community
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The frigid temperatures on the Harvard Business School campus in mid-January were a minor inconvenience for the 641 students enrolled in Short Intensive Programs (SIPs), the no-fee, no-credit elective courses now in their fifth year. We're taking a closer look at three classes: the American Dream and the US System of Higher Education, Business Opportunities in the Plant-Based Economy, and the Spiritual Lives of Leaders. [...]
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  • 08 Sep 2021

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

Shona Simkin Author HBS Community
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As the youngest of five siblings, Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021) grew up watching his single mother juggle two—and sometimes three—jobs while getting the undergraduate degree required to resume the nursing career she left behind when she immigrated from Nigeria. Her efforts to lift her family out of poverty instilled in Mbanusi both an understanding of the difficulty of doing so and a desire to help others do the same. [...]
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