Graduate profiles
Meet the Class of 2023
Harvard College
Henry Cerbone
For his senior thesis, Henry, who created his own concentration in the ontology of autonomous systems, built a robotic model of a basilisk lizard’s broad foot, which holds the secret to its ability to run on the water’s surface.
Chloë LeStage
Chloë focused her thesis Raising awareness of prison doulas, exploring the intersection of systems of health care, incarceration, equity, social justice.
Jeromel Dela Rosa Lara
Jeromel looked into how Filipino migrant domestic workers use ritual practices and the group gatherings to reclaim their agency and identities.
Harvard Business School
Philippe Rival
With his MBA, Philippe hopes to help foster a long-term, sustainable combination of technology and talent for creating the buildings of tomorrow.
Shira Asa-El
With her joint degree, Shira wants to explore the beautiful things that can comes from communicating with people who are different than you.
Nashae Roundtree
With her MBA, Nashae hopes to leverage her new found access and resources to improve the lives of others.
Harvard Divinity School
James Lewis
As a finalist in the Billings Preaching Competition, James recited an original poem entitled “We Must Own It.” After graduation he will complete work on an upcoming book.
Keila Franks
Graduate Keila said that some of the most memorable experiences she had at Harvard Divinity School were from the gatherings, retreats, and meditations that she organized with her friends in the Harvard Buddhist Community.
Kevin Ross
James enrolled in “The Book of Baldwin,” a course that focused on the life of James Baldwin. “Every week was a soul searching confessional,” he said. “I am forever changed because of it.”
Harvard Extension School
I viewed my challenging responsibilities at the White House and challenging course work at Harvard as a symbiotic opportunity.”Travis Berent
Master of Liberal Arts in the field of International Relations
Lupita Almuhana
Lupita's research in burnout included creating a system that combines stress detection, personalization, and gamification to help people better cope with stress.
Vincent Liu
Vincent brought his passion for art to Harvard Extension School, where he added discipline and training to magnified his endless hunger for creative expression.
Harvard Graduate School of Design
I was—and still am—craving a more ecofeminist approach to architectural history and theory.”
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Alexia Leclercq
At an early age, Alexia Leclercq realized that pollution and “place” were having a big effect on her health. This set off her interest in becoming a social and environmental activist.
Christopher Cleveland
Christopher Cleveland’s recent work in education focused on the systemic factors and policy decisions that impact where students learn and the kinds of programming that is available to them.
Paulina Haduong
Paulina Haduong conducted research to understand the challenges that K–12 teachers and students face in learning computer science together, and how supports can be designed and implemented to meet those challenges.
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Brián Martín Magdaleno
While exploring a degree in Applied Mathematics, Brián Martín Magdaleno discovered all the ways in which math overlaps with another passion, making music.
Catherine Yeo
In addition to pursuing a degree in computer science, Catherine documented the rise of online content creators in her book, “The Creator Revolution.”
Billy Beauregard
A high school class led Billy to study environmental science at Harvard, which led to a post-graduation job working on stormwater drainage and infrastructure improvements.
Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Yekaterina Shulgina
Yekaterina Shulgina is a graduating student in Harvard’s Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology program, working to identify variations in the genetic code that cells use to translate mRNA sequences into proteins.
Bohao Wu
Bohao reflects on how his work in the economic history of the Cold War was expanded and improved through his interactions with students and alumni at GSAS.
Jinyoung Seo
In his final project, Jinyoung aimed to reinvent air conditioning by using solid refrigerants to eliminate direct greenhouse gas emissions while making cooling systems smaller and more efficient.
Harvard Kennedy School
Megan Cordone
On the day she graduates from the Kennedy School this May, Megan Cordone will be promoted to first lieutenant in the nascent U.S. Space Force. Megan will train to become an intelligence specialist, focusing on issues as complex as satellite verification of nuclear weapons treaty obligations.
Eliazar Chacha
While he was working on Capitol Hill, Eliazar realized he wanted to use the remainder of his legal career to advocate for criminal justice reform.
Catarina Correa
Catarina is combining her experience as a judge with the skills she learned at the Kennedy School to launch a program for police charged with criminal offenses.
Harvard Law School
Frances Williamson
An animal lover, Frances once thought she would be a veterinarian. After discovering law as a different way to pursue her passions for the natural world, she focused on environmental law at Harvard Law School.
Ryan Gunderman
Army Captain Ryan Gunderman hopes to use his legal degree to bring restorative justice to military adjudication.
Tushigjargal Bold
At Harvard Law School, Tushigjargal explored a wide variety of aspects to law. She wants to bring those experiences back to Mongolia where she plans become a law professor.
Harvard Medical School
I began thinking about how I could combine my curiosity about people and my interest in storytelling with my wish to take care of patients.”
Julia Malits
Julia Malits is carrying on the medical tradition of women in her family with a medical degree and a master’s degree in public health.
Ramya Chunduri
For her capstone project, Ramya Chunduri researched the social, economic, cultural, political, and legal elements of domestic violence among South Asian people in the U.S. and produced a video project.
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Jeremiah Kim
Jeremiah Kim’s new children’s book is the culmination of a creative process that began his first year in Dental School, aimed at teaching young patients the importance of maintaining positive oral health habits.
Ziwei Chen
When Ziwei began her predoctoral training, she knew she wanted to explore new research opportunities and get involved in community health service projects.
Abigail Baldwin
During her clinical experience at HSDM, Abigail Baldwin found the most gratifying procedures to be those that helped relieve pain, which led her to take the next step in her career to specialize in endodontics.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Octavious Smiley
For his doctoral research, Octavious simulated data from people who have HIV. The results could inform new longitudinal network studies of STIs, which could in turn lead to better public health interventions.
Benita Kayembe
Benita’s research focused on the deadly risks and exploitation faced by workers in Republic of the Congo who mine the key component of lithium-ion batteries.
Flora Jiaxuan Xu
Flora’s research focused primarily on how the indoor built environment affects human wellbeing. Next, she will attend a doctoral program in environmental health at Stanford with the goal of driving behavioral and ideological changes.