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Applicant

My Target Schools

University of Pennsylvania - MBA (Wharton)

Applying

Full-time (2-Year Program)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MBA (Sloan)

Applying

Full-time (2-Year Program)

Yale University - MBA (SOM)

Applying

Full-time (2-Year Program)

Harvard University - MBA (HBS)

Applying

Full-time (2-Year Program)

Stanford University - MBA

Interested

Full-time (2-Year Program)

Columbia University - MBA (GSB)

Interested

Full-time (2-Year Program)

University of Chicago - MBA (Booth)

Interested

Full-time (2-Year Program)

My Education

University of Chicago

Bachelor

Economics / Medieval Studies

9/2012 - 5/2016

My Extracurricular Activities

School Affiliated

University of Chicago

Moneythink

10/2012 - 6/2016

Chapter President for one-year Student mentor for four years, taught financial literacy curriculum in local high schools

University of Chicago

UChicago Microfinance Initiative

10/2012 - 6/2016

Executive team for one year Pro bono consulting for a small local bakery in Chicago (which received a small grant from the organization)

University of Chicago

Tour Guide

10/2013 - 6/2016

Campus tour guide for prospective students (and families), through the Undergraduate Office of Admissions

My Experience

Aday

Senior Manager; Finance, Forecasting and Operations

9/2019 - now

One person finance team and inventory management team for a consumer start-up. Series A was raised in January 2020. I manage our external accountants, warehouse operations and a handful of finance and forecasting interns. I also manage the cash flow, run the company model and determine inventory purchasing. (NYC based)

Searchlight Capital

Investment Associate, Private Equity

8/2018 - 8/2019

Generalist associate at a traditional private equity fund with over $7.0 billion AUM. Also did work with the Opportunities Fund, investing in the capital structure of various companies. NYC based

Bank of America

Investment Banking Analyst, Natural Resources

7/2016 - 6/2018

IBD analyst in the Natural Resources group, specifically within Power and Utilities. NYC based.

My Other Activities

Aday

Education Lead, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force

6/2020 - now

Leading internal re-education series and building out pipeline of inclusive and diverse talent.

Moneythink

Chair, Young Professionals Board

6/2018 - now

Chair of the YPB for Moneythink, a national nonprofit focused on bringing transparency to the cost of college education Completely re-structured the Board, recruited 20+ new members (tripling the organization in size) and created a strong partnership between the national organization and the Board right before we launch and market our financial technology / EdTech product Manage 5 other members in the Executive Team and 30 people overall.

Reading Partners NYC

Reading Tutor

10/2019 - now

Tutor reading to a 3rd grader in East Harlem NYC (now virtual)

Interests & Passions

  • financial literacy, medieval history, activist authors, brush lettering, hindi films

Interesting Tidbits

I am an identical twin!

Career Mission

Create a world where access to financial literacy education is not dependent on whether or not you won the family lottery at birth.

What I Do Well

  • work with various personality types, juggle many tasks at once, take big challenges and turn them into actionable steps
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Target Schools

Target Industries

  • Education Sector