Graduate profiles
Meet the Class of 2026
Harvard College
I have learned that every day gives you the opportunity to change and be a better version of yourself.”Daniela Solis
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While attending Harvard College Andrew founded Praxis, an AI-powered golf coaching system that he envisions will make real-time, personalized instruction accessible to all golfers.
Anna, a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, researched how pollution on Native lands causes both biological and intergenerational harm, altering what elders teach and what younger generations inherit.
As part of his senior thesis, Sean studied how dopamine levels change across ages, and if that impacts how people make choices and process their environment.
Harvard Business School
I learned how to operate at the intersection of research and product, align cross-functional teams, and ship systems that work in the real world.”Bruke Kifle
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Collaboration, I quickly realized, is truly the foundation of the culture here.”Chris Adams
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Harvard Divinity School
Sabbi Lall
Through studying Buddhist and Hindu texts, mentorships with faculty, and affirming ministry experiences, Sabbi’s call to chaplaincy was answered at Harvard Divinity School.
Harvard Extension School
Jennifer Fritch
Jennifer pursued a degree in creative writing and literature to strengthen her passion, but it ended up helping her secure a position as a professor.
Jyoti Vasudev
Jyoti came to the Extension School because she wanted to better understand the decision trees and neural nets she was increasingly using as a software engineer at Microsoft.
Theo Rowley
At the Extension School, Theo gained a new approach to talent acquisition and predicting candidate success.
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Anne-Michelle Engelstad
Ph.D. student Anne-Michelle draws on Inuit philosophy and her anthropologist mom to reframe how we understand autism.
Caleb Miller
Starting his career as a quantitative trader, Caleb joined HGSE’s Teaching and Teacher Leadership (TTL) Program to pursue his true calling—becoming a geometry teacher.
Harvard Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Gabriella Fleischman
For her dissertation, public policy Ph.D. graduate Gabriella studied friendship among low-income women in rural Malawi who move to their husbands’ villages after marriage, often leaving behind their families and support networks.
Alan Wong
While pursuing a degree in biological and biomedical sciences, Alan focused on developing new approaches to treat pediatric leukemia while reducing harm to the brain.
Maya Talukdar
Maya investigated how X chromosomes reduce female autism risk and potentially protect against other developmental disorders while pursuing her Ph.D. in bioinformatics and integrative genomics.
Avi Moorthy
As a public policy Ph.D. student, Avi researched how Black newspapers like the “Chicago Defender” enabled one of the largest mass migrations in American history.
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Jiani Johnson
With a concentration in bioengineering and a secondary in educational studies, Jiani’s research focused on how immune cells attack solid cancer tumors.
Viktor Bokisch
For his senior capstone project at Harvard SEAS, Viktor developed a new way for soft robots to sense their own shape and orientation in space.
Brooke Decho
Brooke’s senior project focused on detecting leaks in waste oil drums, which could provide support for rural communities.
Tolu Ademola
Inspired by farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, Tolu designed a device that replicates the labor-intensive method traditional farmers use to prepare the soil for agriculture
Harvard Kennedy School
Adam Delgado
During his time at Harvard, Adam traveled to New Zealand to study community engagement with local Indigenous communities and the city government.
Bhuvan Ravindran
While attending HKS, Bhuvan was able to explore his passion for building a world where people and wildlife thrive together.
Harvard Law School
I would love to work on policy issues where I can make a change in the hospital system, or more so on a policy level.”Esin Gumustekin
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I never thought a kid with my background could end up in the most elite law school of the nation.”Theresa Champ
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Harvard Medical School
Nikki Pérez
Nikki’s early interest in neurosurgery led her to Harvard where she discovered a passion for addressing inequalities in neurosurgery health care access.
Assel Talaspayeva
Assel chose to leave Kazakhstan for the U.S. to further her studies into enhancing care for people with diabetic retinopathy.
Leonard Nettey
Inspired by his own mentors, Leonard co-founded the MV3 Foundation to expand opportunities for Black students pursuing careers in medicine and biomedical science.
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Dentistry captured my interest because it uniquely combines intellectual problem solving with hands-on care.”Gaser Abdelaziz
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Olivia first became interested in dentistry as a young patient undergoing orthodontic treatment. That experience stayed with her as she began to explore career paths in health care.
While working as a server in Boston, Edson didn’t anticipate that a chance encounter with a Harvard School of Dental Medicine employee would lead him to become a student.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Heesu Shin
Mia Sanchez
Michael Cork