Grace ’14
I’m working as a carpenter. I don’t directly apply my degree to my day-to-day work but it’s a nice foundation to move forward in this male dominated field.
Sapir Blau ’14
I currently work in a law firm specializing in privacy and data security. Before that I worked for the legal department of the Israeli National Security Council. I think what I learned in GWSS gave me a prism through which to critically examine everything I do, both professionally and socially.
Allison Brinkhorst ’11
I'm the Development Operations Manager at a nonprofit in Portland called Ecotrust. In addition to my development (fundraising) work, I facilitate EDI conversations at our organization. It's changed names over the years — from Courageous Conversations to Anti-Racism Learning Group — but across it all, it has been clear to me that the analysis I learned in GWSS classes about privilege, identity, intersectionality, etc., are very relevant to lived experiences in workplaces, and that I can facilitate insightful and productive conversations amongst colleagues without this educational background.
Lila Cardozo ’19
I spend most of my time working as a COVID-19 contact tracer at the New York City Department of Health and volunteering with my local mutual aid organization. As a contact tracer or case investigator, I speak to a diverse cohort of New Yorkers with COVID-19 who are often going through a difficult time. My GWSS major has pushed me to challenge my own unconscious bias after college and at my current job. This skill is essential for my position in the public health field, where making assumptions about a person can lead to a failure to ask the right questions.
Being knowledgeable about the disparities that impact communities from my work as a GWSS major have also put me in a great position to address them via mutual aid work in my own community during this difficult time.
Rian Edwards ’16
I am working as the Program Manager for WashU Olin's Entrepreneurship Program. I work regularly with students who are interested in entrepreneurship as well as local start-ups in the community. The concepts from my time in the GWSS department play a huge role in my work. For example - helping to solve gender/race equity within start-up funding.
Javon Garcia ’14
I am a Licensed Social Worker and Therapist at Howard Brown Health Center in Chicago. Which is Chicago’s LGBTQ health center. I definitely use GWSS concepts in my work as a therapist for LGBTQ folks. I take an intersectional, feminist, anti-racist and anti-sexist approach to therapy.
Leah Johnson ’19
I work at º£½ÇÉçÇøºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï as the Post Baccalaureate Fellow for Sexual Respect and Harm Reduction though my fellowship will sadly come to a close June 2021. In my daily work (and life) I use my GWSS background often to think about who isn't at the table and how I can get them there and amplify their voices.
Elliot Karl ’12
I am a current Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Government Performance where I support several US cities in the implementation and optimization of programs that advance economic mobility and racial equity. Specifically, my projects are specific to procurement reform to increase contracts to women and POC-owned businesses and launching non-carceral, community-driven public safety programming.
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