Senior Profiles

Some of our wonderful profiles this year have been of graduating seniors here at Chatham! While we’ll miss them terribly next year, we know—as Chatham women—that they’re destined for greatness. So here’s an ode to some seniors with incredible plans!

 

When I first came to Chatham, I wanted to become an opera singer. Now, I’m looking into music therapy graduate programs. I’d love to be able to give back to people but also not have the taxing life of a performer.

 

Right now, I am moving to San Antonio, Texas after graduation, and will be working with Planned Parenthood there. I am looking at graduate school as well to begin in a couple of years. I want to go to Texas Woman’s University for Women’s Studies for my Masters and Feminist Theory for my Doctorate. I could be Dr. Nestman five years from now!

 

My dream job would be working with someone like Bjarke Ingles, who creates amazing works. (Like the TEK center in Taipei, Taiwan). 

 

I think my ultimate goal would be to create something unique. I’m mentally playing around with ideas with complex curves.

 

I have so many. Photographer, vocalist, anthropologist, paleontologist, writer… I like to explore my options. 

 

International correspondent for the New York Times. Cliché? A bit. Impractical? Absolutely. But what’s the harm in aiming high? I am a Chatham woman after all. Alternatively, I wouldn’t say no to a job as a researcher for John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight. Seriously, they hire real journalists to do investigative work, and quite frankly I feel like more people (at least young people) get their news from shows like his than from traditional sources anyways.

 

Change the world. Win a Pulitzer.  The usual… Eh, maybe not, but if I can report the news with honestly and integrity, and maybe raise awareness about some of the issue facing the world, I will consider my career a success.

 

Immediate or long-term? Regardless the main answer is travel. Admittedly it’s not a particularly groundbreaking concept, but it’s been the one goal that I’ve been consistently committed to since I was about four years old and my dream job was to be a ballerina/artist/astronaut/veterinarian/horseback rider/President. I’m kicking things off with the Maymester trip to Indonesia, and from there we’ll see what happens.

 

Psychology is my area of study. I aspire to be a motivational speaker and knew I wanted to do something that would help me better understand this field. The ability to understand people and why they do what they do is a perfect fit to compliment my career path.

 

Motivational Speaker

 

Best of luck, ladies!