Know Thyself Series
Meet people taking 麻豆国产AV鈥檚 motto to heart as they discover and explore their passions in an effort to make valuable contributions on College Hill and beyond.
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Getting sent to the principal鈥檚 office in eighth grade might have been the best thing that ever happened to Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme 鈥92. Her offense? She stood up in class to defend a student who was being treated unfairly.
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Working to pay rent in New York City, Ondine Jean-Baptiste 鈥17 took a job as a real estate receptionist. As she fulfilled her duties, Jean-Baptiste also armed herself with the tools and mindset of an ambitious journalist.
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A classics and archaeology major, Kayley Boddy 鈥22 initially thought she鈥檇 one day be working in a museum dusting off artifacts. Today, you鈥檒l find her in the weathered orange landscape of Utah鈥檚 Arches National Park where she works as a backcountry ranger.
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Scott Havens 鈥95 calls centerfield home. As president of business operations for the New York Mets, his office sits above the Citi Field bleachers that host the team鈥檚 7 Line Army fan group.
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Sam Pitter 鈥07 recently added two 鈥渨ork experience鈥 entries to her r茅sum茅 鈥 head swimming and diving coach at Miami University Ohio and assistant coach of the Cape Verde Olympic swimming team.
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Pastry chef Stephen Durfee 鈥85 took dessert to the next level 鈥 and the next size 鈥 with the world鈥檚 largest s鈥檓ore. The behemoth treat measured 49 square feet and weighed in at 396 pounds.
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鈥淓verybody fires off like rockets, and you鈥檙e trying to hang on.鈥 That鈥檚 how Andr茅 Matias 鈥12 describes what it鈥檚 like to compete in single scull rowing competitions.
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Ciere Boatright 鈥05, Chicago鈥檚 new commissioner of the Department of Planning & Development, calls herself a 鈥渇irecracker.鈥 Born on the Fourth of July, she says, 鈥淚 have a fiery personality ... I have this desire to light up spaces in a positive way.鈥
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For the past 33 years, Jeffrey Greene 鈥91 has been freeing incarcerated people in Connecticut鈥檚 prisons.
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Adam Lewkowicz 鈥02 is in his 16th season with the Rangers, who won the 2023 World Series after a roller coaster season. We caught up with Lewkowicz in his Fort Worth, Texas, home during the off season.
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