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My final year at Mount Holyoke changed me. I realized that with hard work and the right support network, I could be a scientist.
“As a Frances Perkins scholar at Mount Holyoke, you are unconditionally supported and encouraged to find your unique voice and passion. Thanks to this support, the phrase ‘the sky's the limit’ now applies to me and my professional pursuits.”
“Today I embody ‘never fear change.’ I've received the love and support of my professors, advisors and the amazing community of Frances Perkins Scholars.”
Connecting students to the natural world they live in is why I am teaching and what Mount Holyoke gave me the ability to do.
The best way for me to learn is by working with and learning from Spanish speaking students and educators in their own voices.
While my first science class at Mount Holyoke was difficult, it was a dream come true to finally have the chance to study ecology.
I am grateful to the Frances Perkins program at Mount Holyoke, and for the professors who truly understood my trying circumstances, and for the wealth of knowledge I have gained during my time on campus.
“The independent research I conducted on the black-house community in Chicago for my senior thesis through Lynk funding helped me see that I could manage a research project from beginning to end.”
Molly Paige FP’18 rekindled a love of theater when she came to Mount Holyoke. Now she’s directing “Bull in a China Shop,” the new play by Bryna Turner ’12.
Alum Veronika Kivenson’s NSF grant allows her to use a supercomputer to examine how microbes metabolize pollutants found in marine sediment.
