About Yadira: Yadira Rodriguez grew up in San Francisco, CA, and her love for the West Coast led her to attend Whittier College, where she majored in business administration with a concentration in marketing. After graduating, she launched her career in consumer-packaged goods (CPG) at OLLY, a vitamin and supplement…

About Sarah: A Syracuse, NY native, I’ve always dreamed of deserting the cold, harsh winters and moving to sunny California.  I stayed local for undergrad and attended Hobart and William Smith Colleges where I studied Economics and played soccer all four years. Come senior year, I had no idea what…

About Bahta: Bahta was born in Seattle, WA, but was raised in Ethiopia. He attended college at Stetson University where he studied Finance. Not ready to sit behind a desk yet, Bahta also participated in Army ROTC, so after graduation he was commissioned as a Lieutenant and spent the last…

About Gabriel: Gabriel Alvarez was born and raised in Mexico City. The oldest of three brothers, he studied Chemical Engineering following the footsteps of his father, and grandfather. After university, he worked at a strategic management consulting firm focused on the energy industry for four years, doing a little bit…

About Taylor: Taylor Campbell grew up in Northern Virginia, just a stone’s throw away from the Nation’s capital, but headed down south to UT Austin for college. While deep in the heart of Texas, she studied PR and business and searched for the best queso Austin had to offer. After…

About Sadhvi: Sadhvi was born in Toronto, Canada but proudly spent most of her life in Cypress, Texas (so much so that she asks every Admissions tour group if anyone has heard of it). She attended the University of California, Berkeley for her undergrad, where she got a double major…

About Monica: Monica was born and raised in the SF Bay Area and went to UC Berkeley where she studied Political Economy and Urban Studies. Prior to Anderson, she worked as an HR Manager at Samsung Bioepis where she worked on hiring talent and developing recruiting strategies. In her free…

About Dani: An LA native, Dani attended the University of Virginia and received her B.A. in Mathematics. Wishing to continue exploring the East Coast, she joined Morgan Stanley as a financial analyst and moved to Baltimore, Maryland. After a few years of missing the warm weather and relaxed culture of…

About Akshat: Akshat was born and raised in India, moving all over the country for his education and later, as part of work. He is a dual engineer with a Bachelors in Mechanical and Masters in Aeronautical. He served in the Indian Air Force for 8 years before deciding to…

About David: David Matthews is from Wisconsin and loves all things green and gold. He went to the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater where he majored in Finance and minored in Middle Eastern Studies. He began his career as a financial analyst at Epic, before pivoting within the company to…

Hi Friends! My name is Josiah, and I am a first year FTMBA at Anderson. I’ve had a roundabout path to UCLA. Though I was born in Toronto, CA, my family moved to Tulsa, OK when I was 2 years old. I left Tulsa after High School to attend Vanderbilt…

A native of Pensacola, FL, James grew up in the Florida Panhandle, home to some of the best beaches the United States has to offer. He completed his undergraduate degree at Duke University where he played varsity baseball. Prior to pursuing his MBA at Anderson, James spent four-and-a-half years with…