Fourth Quadrant Partners, Boston, MA I spent my summer interning with Fourth Quadrant Partners (4QP), a consulting firm working with foundations and nonprofits based both in the United States and abroad. As the first intern at 4QP, it took some time to figure out what work would be most helpful… Continue reading »
Waeve, Inc., Allston, MA I had the opportunity to intern this summer at Waeve, a Black woman-owned beauty startup based in Boston. The brand was founded by three Williams alumni who, after concluding that purchasing a wig online was extremely complicated, opted to create their own company that made finding… Continue reading »
Run the Moon, San Bruno, CA This summer I had the pleasure of working remotely with Williams alum Katherine Fischer ’08 on her startup called Run the Moon. What ultimately began as her Covid passion project turned into a group of four interns collaborating to help launch the event and… Continue reading »
AKALA, Beverly Hills, CA I worked as a business development intern for AKALA, an early-stage education technology startup founded by Perry Kalmus ’03. AKALA’s mission is to level the playing field in the college admissions space by providing low- income high school students across the United States with access to quality… Continue reading »
Whooo’s Reading, San Diego, CA This summer, I interned as a statistical researcher at Whooo’s Reading (WR), an educational platform, empowered through AI, that aims to bring the students out of the ‘multiple choice questions’ routine, while facilitating the workload for the teachers. Although my role, and the associated projects… Continue reading »
Coupond, New York, NY This summer I worked at Coupond, an ambitious startup which aims to combine promotional planning technology with data to allow brands and retailers to collectively plan, execute, track and reconcile promo activity. In a nutshell, brands struggle to reach the consumer in the way they want… Continue reading »
The Generation Lab, Washington, D.C. The Generation Lab is a polling firm built to capture the opinions of college students across the United States. Since its inception several years ago, Generation Lab has surveyed over one million college students in their attempt to provide data-driven insight for media, academia, businesses,… Continue reading »
Run the Moon, San Bruno, CA Over the summer, I interned with the startup Run the Moon (RTM), a virtual race that relies on positive psychology to challenge its participants physically and mentally to run 220 miles and to improve their mental wellbeing over the course of three months. My… Continue reading »
WorldCare International, Boston, MA This summer I had the opportunity to pursue a hybrid internship with WorldCare International, a business which works to provide expert second medical opinions to those who have been diagnosed with a critical illness. For the past twenty-six years, WorldCare has created a streamlined and effective… Continue reading »
Blue Dot Climate Insurance Group LLC, Washington, D.C. I worked as a summer paralegal for Blue Dot Climate Insurance, a firm started by a group of environmental lawyers, including Williams alum Michael Hill ’80. Blue Dot creates and underwrites state-of-the-art insurance mechanisms for Brownfield cleanups and redevelopment, renewables, wetland preservation,… Continue reading »