Teacher, University Park Campus School, Worcester Meghan Rosa’s mother is a high school teacher in Attleboro, Mass., and three of her star students went on to the same school: Clark University. “She thought there must be something magic about Clark for attracting these three seemingly different but equally thoughtful and original students, so she encouraged me…

Second-year student, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston When Roderick Ireland, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts, issues an opinion, he does so with the support of a staff that conducts deep research into the surrounding case law and helps the judge shape his final document. Janette Ekanem is a valued member…

Project assistant, Balkan Trust for Democracy, Serbia Bridget T. Millman wrapped up her bachelor’s degree when the U.S. economy was poised for the Great Recession, a time when newly minted graduates around the country were struggling to find employment. Nonetheless, Millman, who double-majored in philosophy and international development and social change, has managed during these tough…

Desk Officer, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. Jennifer Goldstein ’05 remembers a session of Professor Cynthia Enloe’s Comparative Politics class where the discussion centered on one topic: tomatoes. “The basic premise was that you take what would appear to be mundane issues,” Goldstein says, “and discuss how everything is political. People’s motivations are political,…

Samuel Ehrenfeld ’07 Major: History Family Cow Farmstand, and Sam’s Custom Butchering, Cazenovia, N.Y. How many people do you know who have the words “diversified herd management,” “intensive grazing rotation” and “barn chores” on their resume, and are able to claim they’re experienced working with 50 pigs, 1,500 laying chickens, 1,200 meat chickens? These are some of…

Policy Analyst, Economic Progress Institute, Providence, R.I. After a nine-month stint with the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, Laura Faulkner left for an opportunity at The Poverty Institute in Providence. She can’t say enough about the need to “follow your heart and intuition” when it comes to career opportunities. While she notes that her position…

Watch a trailer from his film “Opposite Fields.” Documentary filmmaker, New York The boy’s name is Ivan, and he is poor even by Ugandan standards. He lives with seven other relatives in an equipment shed, sleeping on the bare ground, which turns to mud during rainstorms. Once his eyes shut, though, he is happy. “When I…

Portfolio associate and researcher, Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management, LLC, Boston Maria Arabatzis is a runner whose high energy helped her keep a step ahead while a student athlete at Clark. Today, it helps her meet the daily challenge of beating the market. Arabatzis wanted to be a dentist when she arrived on the pre-med track…