Creativity+ Season 1
Crafting a successful career on a nontraditional path
Season 1 features 25 alumni spanning the classes of 1991 to 2020 who represent more than a dozen industries, from puppetry and film to animal behavior and AI.
I've made it
Does a dream job exist? Hear influential alumni working in film, puppetry, journalism, and academia bust the myth of “I made it” and shine a light on what true success means to them.
- Gina Atwater 06C: View Transcript
- Ellen Gabler 03B: View Transcript
- Jake Krakovsky 14C: View Transcript
- Carlton Mackey 05T: View Transcript
- Byrd McDaniel 21: View Transcript
The Courage to Pivot
Is a career change possible? Discover how these alumni made a successful pivot—from management consulting to diamond specialist, medicine to user experience design, religion to AI, sports journalism to education, and politics to music—and what they learned along the way.
- Shubhangi Jain 16Ox 18B: View Transcript
- Kevin Kilgour 16Ox 18C 18B: View Transcript
- Karan Malhotra 17Ox 20C: View Transcript
- Greta Luna Priego 18C: View Transcript
- David Watkins 17C: View Transcript
Chance Encounters
Bear witness to the unplanned encounters that changed the lives of alumni in the fields of design, film, animal behavior, education, and business.
- Ralph Bietz 91MBA: View Transcript
- Lillian Ciardelli 10C: View Transcript
- Sedrick Lakpa 07C: View Transcript
- Brittany Nguyen 17B: View Transcript
- Christine Ristaino, Senior Lecturer: View Transcript
Breaking the Mold
When a clear path doesn’t exist, what road can we take? See how these innovative alumni carved out a journey of their own in visual art, public relations, arts administration, acting, and movement art.
- Bria Goeller 19C: View Transcript
- Monica Lefton 16Ox 18C: View Transcript
- Kristen Silton 10C: View Transcript
- Garrett Turner 11C: View Transcript
- Helena Zhao 19C: View Transcript
Creativity+
What counts as creativity? Uncover the creative potential behind math, real estate, foreign policy, medicine, and law in the career stories of these interdisciplinary alumni.
- Eugene Ahn 15C: View Transcript
- Aleksander Hübert 19C: View Transcript
- David Klivans 01C: View Transcript
- Min Young Park 17C: View Transcript
- Oluwatoyin Thompson 16C 22M: View Transcript
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