Alumni and Friends

“I didn’t have any interest in law school until the end of my freshman year when an uncle of mine suggested I would make a good litigator.  My time at Hartwick gave me the leadership skills and experience I needed to find an amazing job right out of college in a big, international law firm. From there, I made the decision to go to law school. Hartwick also helped me find my first job in politics, as an intern in then-Senator Hillary Clinton’s office. Honestly, I got that job because I happened to be sitting with a counselor in the career center when the fax came advertising the internship. It hadn’t even occurred to me to look into internships in the office of an elected official, and then suddenly I was spending J Term with Hillary Clinton.”

“I’ve always been interested in policy, but actually being the elected official seemed like something other people did. But then, in 2016, that suddenly became an asset rather than a liability. My friends and family started encouraging me to run and eventually I ended up talking with the Chairwoman of the county democrats who talked me into a run for State Senate.  The average woman needs to be asked to run for office 7 times– I had to be asked around 70 times. But here I am, and I am very glad I made the decision.”

“Hartwick’s professors were a model for me when it came time to teach and to eventually teach/ mentor teachers. They also emulated the teaching philosophy I adopted which is that we can all learn something from everyone as well as treating my students as equals when it comes to the creative process.  As artists, we are lifelong learners. Learning through mistakes, hard work, and dedication are not just things on a syllabus,but benchmarks for the rest of our creative lives.

Hartwick’s campus beauty is a surprise no matter how many times I woke up to it or how many times I visit. However, it is the inner beauty of its people and connections that has sustained me.”