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I am bringing back multiple skills to Mount Holyoke, including a deeper understanding of material culture and public history.
Chen ’16 reflects on her summer internship with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and how it relates to her potential career path.
“To read & write critically, understand historical context is important because policy work occasionally doesn't integrate it well enough.”
“If every discussion about how to communicate or understand a social issue started with a history lesson, we would all be better off.”
“The friendships and bonds I made this summer exposed me to an entirely new culture, which accepted me despite all our differences.”
My perseverance and the guidance I received at Mount Holyoke allowed me to make my vision of serving tribal communities a reality.
Not initially in the field of grant reviewing, transferrable skills as a history major and educator prepared her for her work.
"More well-funded institutions may be alluring, but at a smaller institution you can experience more diversity in your work and make a real difference."
I learned at Mount Holyoke that scholarship injected with an activist sensibility is all the more valuable and impactful.
History provided me with the necessary framework to understand a spectrum of subjects, and contemporary issues.
