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.

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.”
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).”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.’

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.’

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.”

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.”
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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.”

Donari Yahzid
Atlanta, Georgia
“I knew that if I attended Mount Holyoke, I would be so proud of the person I would become.”
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