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During Hamilton’s winter break, students had the opportunity to take part in the Career Center’s “Day in the Life” shadowing program to learn more about career areas and make professional connections. Seventy-nine alumni and parents hosted 69 students for a day at their place of work. Alex Medina ’22 shadowed Hamilton parent Eric Andrews at Oracle headquarters in Silicon Valley and tells about his experience here.

Kyandreia Jones graduated from Hamilton in 2019 with a degree in creative writing. During her time at Hamilton, she was a Posse scholar, a Writing Center tutor, and had many of her works published in school publications such as The Spectator, Red Weather, and Grasping Roots. She also wrote her first book, Choose Your Own Adventure SPIES: James Armistead Lafayette during her final year.

Alexandra Arenson graduated from Hamilton in 2013 with a degree in neuroscience. Following her time at Hamilton, Dr. Arenson worked for a year at an electronic medical records company and then completed medical school at Midwestern University where she received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. Currently, Dr. Arenson is in a family medicine residency program at Kaiser Permanente in California.

Ellie graduated from Hamilton in 2018 with a major in economics and a double minor in sociology and anthropology. At Hamilton, she was a rower and captain on the women's varsity rowing team, captain for the Nordic ski team, and a member and board member of several other clubs and organizations. Today she is an analyst with Kantar, a leading global consulting firm. She specializes in United States and Canadian Supermarket and Grocery sectors.

Rob Bessette operates as the senior colorist at Finish Post, a full-service post-production facility located in the heart of Boston. Over the past 14 years, Rob has fine tuned his color correction skills and consistently works on commercials for international brands like Toyota, Bose, Progressive Insurance, and Reebok. Rob graduated in 2005 with an interdisciplinary major in art, film, and video.

Emerson J. Sosa Ponce came to Hamilton as a Posse Scholar in 2006 and graduated in 2010 with a double major in English and French. Upon graduation, he moved to Chicago to work at Starcom Mediavest and resided in the midwest for five years. He currently lives in New York City and works at Mediacom as a communications planning director on the AARP business.

Nell Goddard graduated in 2014 with a major in world politics and Spanish. During her time at Hamilton, she was a member of the Phi Beta Chi sorority and spent time studying abroad in both London and Argentina. She previously was an assistant media planner at Merkley + Partners and currently works as a senior account manager at Fohr.

Evan Klondar graduated from Hamilton in 2011 with a degree in public policy and is currently an MBA candidate at the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business. Since graduation, Evan has worked as a commercial consultant in the private sector but recently transitioned to the public sector. He currently works as a senior consultant for Deloitte.

Landing in the right job after college can often feel as stress-inducing as preparing to take a director’s cue: ready, set, action. Luckily for students at Hamilton, opportunities to explore just about any profession are available through the Career Center, including the field of film production.

This summer, Craig Engert ’21 is interning in an office where most people keep toys on their desk, employees can book a conference room to de-stress with board games, and interns test unreleased toys and games on their lunch break.