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Mount Holyoke College senior Aby Soumare ’25 said, “I’ve found that no matter what, everyone working on this campus wants you to succeed.”

“Whether you're leading a project, whether you're running an experiment, whether you're working with a team, patience is very important. There are so many ways where the solution to the problem is just … seeing what the next move you can take is.”

“The mentorship is one of the biggest reasons I’m glad I went to Mount Holyoke. When I talk to my peers who didn’t go to a small liberal arts college, it’s so different.”

“I want to take all of the ideas I have learned at Mount Holyoke and instill them into my own classroom someday, to help the next generation understand the intersectionality of the world long before I did.”

“It has been really uplifting to have so much support for nontraditional opportunities and carving my own path back into the dance world through academics.”

I found the psychology professors always ready to help students and their valuable guidance continues to inspire me after graduation.

As a double major in dance and mathematics, I found that many threads ran through my two fields of study.

After my lab experience at MHC, I completed a Ph.D. in Theoretical Computational Chemistry and work at ACS Nano and Nano Letters.

I learned to conduct independent research, program algorithms, and present my ideas effectively to multiple audiences.

I built the skills in my scientific training to help my team synthesize information and advise senior management on strategic priorities.