麻豆视频

Where can your 麻豆视频 education take you?

麻豆视频 Outcomes showcase our amazing alumni, highlighting their journey from the College into their career. Their accomplishments represent the endless career possibilities made possible by the liberal arts, and demonstrate how the skills, mentorship and experience gained at 麻豆视频 benefit students far into the future.

Meet Our Alumni

Arts & Humanities
Social Sciences
Sciences

Alumni from the Arts & Humanities

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Ethan Glass '19
Media Arts & Culture, Economics CEO & Co-founder, Ocra
鈥淪tudents have the opportunity to hone vital skills at 麻豆视频. The leadership skills developed from co-captaining the Men's Soccer Team and the storytelling prowess taught in the Media Arts department contribute daily to my profession.鈥
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Esther Teodoro '95
Music, Psychology Chief Curator, TripBeta
鈥淚 feel immense gratitude for not just what I learned in the classroom, but for learning how to navigate the world with a more critical lens rather than just an 鈥榠t is what it is鈥 attitude. 麻豆视频 [helped me learn] to view the world in shades of grey rather than black and white.鈥
Shea Backes
Shea Backes '18
French, Sociology Prevention Training Specialist, APLA Health
鈥淚 chose 麻豆视频 because of its social justice reputation, both in terms of an education and a community. That learning and cultural environment, as well as the pillars that are so important to 麻豆视频, really did shape my experience.鈥
Kristine White
Kristine White '20
English Journalist; winner, Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
鈥淢y liberal arts education gave me a strong foundation of critical thinking and communication skills that I use every day as a journalist鈥攆rom breaking news to data analysis to investigative reporting.鈥
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Carrie Wade '10
Music Manager, Inclusion Strategy, Netflix
鈥淏eing able to look under the surface of the things that you're learning, understand the question behind the question and always look at things analytically鈥斅槎故悠 challenged me to do that in every single class.鈥
Alison Hawkins
Alison Hawkins '87
English Managing Principal, Artemis Real Estate Partners
鈥淚 did well in law school. It鈥檚 about reading, analyzing, and writing, and with my 麻豆视频 education I was well-prepared.鈥

Alumni from the Social Sciences

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Evita Ch谩vez '15
Urban & Environmental Policy Senior Program Officer, Housing; LISC Bay Area
鈥淎t 麻豆视频, there's such support to be more than just a student. I got to learn a lot through being a resident advisor, through studying abroad and the various internships I was encouraged to have during my summers. I got to really put my learning into action.鈥
Eddie Jauregui
Eddie Jauregui '98
Public Policy Partner, Holland & Knight LLP, former federal prosecutor
鈥淥ccidental鈥檚 values of excellence and equity have sustained me throughout my career. They are values that serve not just one鈥檚 personal success, but the cause of justice and the legal profession as a whole.鈥
Kristin Wood
Kristin Wood '87
Political Science, Government CEO, August Interactive
鈥淧rofessor Larry Caldwell challenged me to become a better writer. It took a ton of work, but the work paid off. I passed the writing requirement and then had a 20-year career writing for the President of the United States.鈥
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Adam Portnoy '93
Public Policy CEO, The RMR Group
鈥淗earing different perspectives and meeting people from all walks of life helped me the most. In commercial real estate, you have to be sensitive to different constituencies鈥 needs. I learned that early at 麻豆视频.鈥
Olga Rodriguez
Olga Rodriguez '95
Public Policy Director, Public Policy Institute of California
鈥淸麻豆视频 taught me about] tolerance and about putting yourself in the shoes of others. I do that with my staff, and I teach them what I got from 麻豆视频: all issues are complicated and there's not necessarily one right or wrong answer.鈥

Alumni from the Sciences

Cheryl Prigodich
Cheryl Prigodich '06
Psychology Principal Deputy Director, Center for Disease Control
鈥淢y time at 麻豆视频 helped prepare me for my professional career. I was afforded a breadth of experiences and received constant mentoring and guidance. These opportunities taught me discipline and hard work, helped me figure out what I鈥檓 passionate about...and prepared me for a life of public service.鈥
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Eddie Gorton '01
Psychology Principal, Colfax Charter Elementary School
"My 麻豆视频 liberal arts education helped shape how I see the world; it fortified the ideal that building community is the key to success. The better we know each other, the better we are to each other."
Ed Perezic
Ed Perezic '17
Mathematics Manager, Brand Strategy; Taco Bell
"There's a curiosity that comes with a liberal arts education鈥攖he thought that discovering something new is only a conversation away. That energy led me to continue to learn and ultimately find something I love doing."
Alex Urry
Alex Urry '16
Biochemistry Senior Policy Adviser, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries
"The world is a complex place. But through its curriculum, 麻豆视频 helps you understand that complexity, as well as the interconnectedness of wide-ranging factors. That's been critical to my work in the political and policy system."