As a junior attending high school in Long Island by way of Guangzhou, China, Nicole Yu ’25 decided that psychology was her calling. Her sights were set on counseling or pre-med as her future path. So, she was quick to choose it as a major when she enrolled at New York University. To broaden
Raised by former English majors—an English professor and a technical writer—Max Herteen ’27 knew he was destined to study English as an undergraduate, too. When Herteen arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an undergraduate, he added history and French to his coursework as well (his parents met in French class). “I got to study
As a child, Teshera Hull ’19 remembers tagging along with her mother to the local community college, but her mother never had the opportunity to complete an associate’s degree. More than a decade later, Hull earned her own Associate of Arts degree, becoming the first in her family to pursue higher education. She carried the
At age 15, Charlene Yang ’22 moved halfway around the world to soak up new culture and learn English. Growing up in Taiwan, she journeyed to Kentucky before settling in Seattle to finish high school prior to attending UC Irvine. Although she wasn’t sure what career path to follow, she knew business and economics would
Coming from a large family of business owners and entrepreneurs, Jiaxin Tong ’23 was the first to show an interest in the performing arts. As a child, he often imagined stepping into the performances he enjoyed so much, or befriending the characters he knew from the screen. At the age of 10, he was accepted
