We Are Mount Holyoke

Meet our community. See yourself here.

As one student says, “It feels like a sample population of the world, like little pieces of cities around the globe have migrated onto campus.”

Our community is also surprisingly like-minded — in the best of ways. We are inquisitive, inclusive and encouraging. Reflective. Expressive. Approachable. We make change.

Meet some of us who call the Mount Holyoke community home. MoHome.

Sara Sarmiento

Miami, Florida

“I’d been doing community service, but everything I cared about socially centered on politics. That’s when I thought I would study international relations.”

Read Sara's story

Michelle Serrano (right)

Los Angeles, California

“Mount Holyoke empowers women to be fearless and gives them the tools necessary to achieve their goals in or out of the classroom. The professors are beyond phenomenal and truly care about the success of students.”

Learn more about our faculty

Also pictured: Julia Criscione, Bernardsville, New Jersey and Simone Jacob, San Francisco, California

Shanze Hasan

Karachi, Pakistan

“I can confirm that the thing Mount Holyoke students look forward to most on the weekdays — after a never-ending day of classes, work and commitments — is M&Cs (milk and cookies).”

Read Shanze's story

Hannah Pozzebon

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

“Every internship I’ve ever gotten has been through the alum network. If students asked me for advice, I would say to really use that. It has worked for me 100% of the time.”

Read Hannah's story

Neorgia Grant

Kingston, Jamaica

“Mount Holyoke has helped me understand my self-worth. I’m becoming the student, the woman I’ve always envisioned myself to be.”

Meet Neorgia

K. J. Lewis

Pleasantville, New York

“When I mentioned studying in Japan to my Japanese professor, Professor of Asian Studies Naoko Nemoto, she gave me a list of potential summer programs.”

Read K.J.'s story

Madeline Fitzgerald

Hebron, Connecticut

“There is not just one category of LGBTQ+ people here. There is, no pun intended, every color of the rainbow: Athletes, nerds, partiers and artists are all represented in our thriving community.”

Read Madeline's story

Skylar Hou

Beijing, China

“To me, Mount Holyoke has always been more than just a place, it’s about the people here and the memories we create together.’

Read Skylar's story

Cory Mahlstedt

Tolland, Connecticut

“Since I started school here, I’ve befriended people from all walks of life, with various interests, talents and passions. People who hold fascinating, diverse narratives to listen to and learn from. Athletes, hippies, artists, political activists, poets, musicians and any other label you may identify as is represented here — there truly isn’t one archetype.’

Read Cory's story

Morgan Turner

Chester, New Jersey

“For me and my 21 teammates, the changing of the seasons is also accompanied by 5-ounce solid plastic balls. Field hockey balls, to be exact.”

Read Morgan's story

Jai Pemmeraju, Amaka Onyewadume and Eleanor Stewart

Jai Pemmaraju (left)

Iowa City, Iowa

“I’m part of Asian American Students in Action and we represent the ACE house. Being part of the AASIA has really provided me with a sense of community.”

Learn about the Cultural Centers

Also pictured: Amaka Onyewadume, Onicha-Olona, Delta State, Nigeria and Eleanor Stewart, Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Marisol Fernandez

Miami, Florida

“At Mount Holyoke, we have a very philanthropic sense of thinking. We always want to find a way to give back and make things better. I think that’s not typical at other institutions. Here, the liberal arts give a deeper way of looking at things, but also a wider way. You think of the repercussions, the history, the individual.”

Meet Marisol