CONGRATS, SHAMARAH!

You might recall Ms. Hernandez from an earlier interview on this site! Economics senior at MIT, big thangs poppin, has a job after graduation? Remember her?

Well, she’s officially living the post college life now!

No doubt I will force request Shamarah to keep us updated on her post-college life, but for right now, I just wanted to give a special shout out! Here’s a snippet of our past interview, concerning her future plans:

After graduation, I’m moving to Washington, DC to start my career as a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton. Since it’s a strategy and technology consulting firm working mostly with governmental agencies, the particulars are either vague or confidential, but i’m incredibly excited to be starting there and also to be living in the DC area.
Later on, I plan to pursue a PhD in economic sociology and be a part of the solution to something big. Right now I’m learning more about the field and getting familiar with what kind of research already exists. Having some industry experience under my belt before applying is a good thing (I hope?), so that can be seen as something I’m doing to achieve this goal as well.

See what I mean by big thangs poppin’?? Congrats, Shamarah! You’ve earned it!

The (almost) Post College Life of: SHAMARAH HERNANDEZ

I know Shamarah from the internet. E-bffs, if you will. She’s a senior in the Economics department at MIT. Yes I said MIT. #getitGURL I wanted to interview her for the blog because she is the antithesis of my post college life – she actually knows what she’s going to do after graduation. As in, she has a job lined up. As in, she’s going to do something with her life immediately after college. Using her degree. I mean, if you haven’t already started clapping and doing that loud whistle through your teeth, you’d better start now.

Read on for our interview: her post-college plans, being a (black) (female) student at MIT, and why she created and curates a Twitter account (@our___Institute) to educate people about diversity at her university.

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