Student Experiences
Student Experiences
The Student Experience
Ivonne Bordas-Bonilla
MBA Candidate/Entrepreneurship, ‘12
Ivonne is a Fulbright scholar from Nicaragua. She currently works in international operations and sales for a Nicaraguan company that's the first of its kind selling technical instruments to environmental specialists and researchers.
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Yu Chen
MBA Candidate/Entrepreneurship, ‘12
Yu Chen is a medical scientist from China and has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for many years. She hopes to use her medical background for social good by starting her own venture which will use genetic information to provide targeted, individualized, medical treatment.
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Catherine "Laney" Whitcanack
Simmons MBA '06 and Certificate Program '07
A social entrepreneur, Laney Whitcanack co-founded The Princess Project, a volunteer-powered non-profit organization that works with thousands of women and girls every year. In starting this venture, she gained first-hand experience about the scarcity of good (and cheap) technology to support grassroots community groups. Laney is a former Program Director, Facilitator and Fellow for the Coro Center for Civic Leadership where she spent several years coaching and training leaders from businesses, government agencies and community-based organizations across California.
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Obiageli Ukadike
MBA Candidate/Entrepreneurship, ‘12
Obiageli is from Nigeria, West Africa, and has worked for several years in the field of education, both as a teacher and an administrator. She aspires to build a school that will benefit individuals in Ghana who do not usually have the opportunity to attend school because of social stigmas against people with disabilities.
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Tessa Misiaszek
PhD Candidate, Health Professions Education , ‘12 and Co-Founder and President, Nous Foundation, Inc.
"Since enrolling at Simmons, I have been very impressed with the opportunities and resources that have become available to me, including the opportunity to work directly with entrepreneurship professors to pursue research in entrepreneurship education."
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Kelley Crowley Palmer
Simmons MBA '07 and Certificate Program '08
As an intrapreneur frequently recognized for her entrepreneurial work ethic, Kelley Crowley always dreamed of starting her own business, but did not know how to translate that dream into a reality. Kelley was attracted to the Simmons because of the number and quality of the learning opportunities it offers in terms of teaching, training and mentoring future female entrepreneurs.
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Debra Tobin
MBA Candidate/Entrepreneurship, ‘12
Debra is currently an operational risk manager at Fidelity Management and Research. She aims to create a socially responsible business to broker relationships between wealthy women and financial, legal, tax and other service providers, in addition to providing financial services to economically challenged women.
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Kelly O'Shea
MBA Candidate/Entrepreneurship, ‘12
Having worked in education for five years, Kelly is passionate about her field. She will be using her coursework in the entrepreneurship program to explore how education and entertainment can be combined.
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Kirti Kamtikar
MBA Candidate/Entrepreneurship, ‘11
Kirti is a computer science engineer from India and soon-to-be MBA graduate. She plans to launch her own venture, "Gifted" within 1-3 years. Gifted will be a socially conscious retail and online gift store that offers unique, creative and personalized gifts and gift experiences for college students and young professionals to meet their gifting needs. Gifted will support struggling art and artisan groups, empower homemakers through active partnerships and collaborations at various stages of the value chain, and foster creativity amongst students.
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Mandana Moshtagi
MBA Candidate/Entrepreneurship, ‘12
Moshtagi is a professional architect, originally from Iran. She loves designing, especially for residential projects, and aspires to launch her own real estate development company.
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Ivette Argueta
MBA Candidate/Entrepreneurship, ‘12
Ivette comes to the School of Management with six years of experience in healthcare. She was drawn to Simmons because a program specifically designed for women appealed to her. She plans to establish a marketing agency that will serve individuals and organizations wishing to reach the Latino market.
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Amanda Thomas
Simmons MBA '06 and Certificate Program '07
Amanda Thomas recognized entrepreneurship as an avenue to make social change. She is now employed at Concert Pharmaceutical, as the Director of Program Management and Planning.
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