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Martin Fernandez- Harvard Business School
July 5, 2016

Martin Fernandez- Harvard Business School

Name: Martin Fernandez Age: 30 Hometown: Randolph, NJ Education: University of Rochester Current MBA program: Harvard Business School Bio: Martin Fernandez is a recent graduate of Harvard Business School and will be joining the Financial Planning and Analysis Group at United Airlines in Chicago. Prior to starting at HBS, Mr. Fernandez was a Program Manager [...]
Sarah Kretz- Harvard Business School
July 5, 2016

Sarah Kretz- Harvard Business School

Name: Sarah Kretz Age: 27 Hometown: Amityville, New York Education: (undergrad) Cornell University Current MBA program: Harvard Business School Bio: My name is Sarah Kretz. I was raised in Amityville, a small town on Long Island, New York. I went to Cornell University where I was an economics major and after college worked for 4 [...]
Octavio Sandoval- MIT (Sloan)
June 17, 2016

Octavio Sandoval- MIT (Sloan)

Name Octavio Sandoval Age 28 Hometown Bronx, NY Education: Cornell University Current MBA program: MIT Sloan Describe a typical day as a MBA student The beauty of MIT Sloan is that there is no typical day for Sloanies.  One week, there is a flood of top fortune 500 companies on campus wooing students to consider their internship programs.   The [...]
Sara Weber- Harvard Business School
June 17, 2016

Sara Weber- Harvard Business School

Name: Sara Weber Age: 27 Hometown: Holmdel, NJ Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - B.S. Biology Current MBA program: Harvard Business School Describe a typical day as a MBA student There is no such thing as a typical day as an MBA student. I had a lot of freedom over my schedule [...]
Matt Blum- UNC (Kenan Flagler)
June 17, 2016

Matt Blum- UNC (Kenan Flagler)

Name: Matt Blum Age: 30 Hometown: Elkhorn, WI Education: (undergrad) Brigham Young University Current MBA program: UNC Kenan Flagler Describe a typical day as a MBA student I may be considered atypical, but my typical day starts at around 7:00 AM when I get my twin 18-month-old boys out of bed. Before leaving my place [...]
Brent Powers- Harvard Business School
June 17, 2016

Brent Powers- Harvard Business School

Name: Brent Powers Age: 31 Hometown: Boston, MA Education: (undergrad): Duke University- Mechanical Engineering Current MBA program: Harvard Business School Describe a typical day as a MBA student: I went into my outlook calendar and picked a day at random: Tuesday, February 16, 2016. I was up at 8 to make breakfast, get cleaned up, [...]
Marc Weiner- NYU (Stern)
June 17, 2016

Marc Weiner- NYU (Stern)

Marc grew up outside of Philadelphia. After graduating with a BA from the University of Michigan in 2012, he worked in media sales and brand strategy in New York City. Marc is currently pursuing an MBA at Stern with specializations in Strategy, Finance and Marketing. In his personal time, Marc enjoys exploring New York City [...]
Bikram Bose- London Business School
June 16, 2016

Bikram Bose- London Business School

Name: Bikram Bose Age: 28 years Hometown: New Delhi, India Education: (undergrad) National Law School of India University, Bangalore Current MBA program: London Business School Describe a typical day as a MBA student To be honest, there isn’t a typical day (at least not in my first year at LBS), your schedule depends on whether it’s Term 1 (where there’s [...]
Joanna Lu (Cambridge)
June 9, 2016

Joanna Lu (Cambridge)

Name: Joanna Lu Age: 26 Hometown: Canton, MI Education: (undergrad): University of Michigan Current MBA program: University of Cambridge - Judge Business School Bio: I'm originally from China, but moved to America at age 4. I lived most of my life in Michigan and went to the University of Michigan for undergrad, where I got [...]
Joel Charalambakis- Owen (Vanderbilt)
June 1, 2016

Joel Charalambakis- Owen (Vanderbilt)

Name: Joel Charalambakis Age: 27 Hometown: Nicholasville, KY Education: (undergrad): Asbury College Current MBA program: Owen Graduate School of Management (Vanderbilt University), Class of 2017 Describe a typical day as a MBA student I like to start my day digesting the news from a variety of sources. It’s a habit I’ve had for several years [...]