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Post-graduation plans: Katya will be spending the summer working at the Haverford College Arboretum before she moves to Russia in September to do the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant fellowship.
Katya on her Bryn Mawr experience: "My experience at Bryn Mawr gave me the freedom to pursue my wide array of interests and connect them in ways I never thought was possible before. My professors and peers at Bryn Mawr and Haverford both challenged and nurtured me as I discovered new parts of myself and the world during my four years here. I'm endlessly grateful to this community for pushing me to explore and reflect."
Major: Independent major in Philosophy, Politics, Economics
Minor: Russian
Key Bryn Mawr experiences:
- Working at the Writing Center and being on the Writing Center Leadership Team
- The independent major and being on the independent major committee
- Being a peer tutor for Calculus I and II
- Studying abroad in Copenhagen in the fall of 2017
- Running BiCo Jews for Inclusion
- Co-leading a Hurford Center Student Seminar at Haverford on the ethics of artificial intelligence in the fall of 2018
- Hanna Holborn Gray summer research fellowship in the summer of 2018.
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Members of the Class of 2019, we want to know what you've got planned for life after Bryn Mawr! Drop us a note at news@brynmawr.edu. You can include a photo of yourself or let us know if you'd like to have a photo taken. We'll be sharing selected profiles on the College's website and social media channels in the weeks leading up to Commencement.