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Sommer Harris
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Affiliation:
- Align Student
Location: Vancouver
Sommer Harris thought it was too late for her to pursue a career in tech. In Khoury College’s Align program, however, the supportive community of staff, faculty, and students helped […]
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Bruce Maxwell
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Affiliation:
- Teaching Faculty
Location: Seattle
When Bruce Maxwell’s sixth grade teacher brought an Apple One into class, he had to know how it worked. That excitement for new technologies has guided him through his career, […]
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Lino Coria Mendoza
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Affiliation:
- Teaching Faculty
Location: Vancouver
After ten years of working in Vancouver’s tech industry, Lino Coria Mendoza realized his heart was set on academia. Now a professor at Khoury College’s Vancouver campus, he wants to […]
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Akriti Chadda
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Affiliation:
- Align Alumni
Location: Seattle
While working in Seattle, Akriti Chadda found herself surrounded by software engineers, and she began to wonder if there was a place for her in the tech industry. Now an […]
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Katie Lowen
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Affiliation:
- Align Student
Location: Vancouver
For a time, Katie Lowen was touring internationally as a contemporary dancer. But when the pandemic closed down theaters, she sought another avenue to develop herself. Now, earning her master’s in computer science through the Align program in Vancouver, Katie finds herself immersed in a career path she’d never imagined.
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Tiffany Lastimosa
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Affiliation:
- Align Student
Location: Seattle
After seven years as a paralegal, Tiffany Lastimosa became frustrated with her company’s inefficient system for processing data. Taking the initiative to improve it, she came across the Align program […]
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David Maunder
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Affiliation:
- Align Student
Location: Vancouver
After three years of working as a tax accountant, David Maunder was looking for a profession with more room for creativity. The Align program unlocked that freedom for him – […]
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Marina Moskowitz
When Marina Moskowitz arrived at Northeastern University in 2014, she was undecided about her major. Although she knew she wanted to study business, she also wanted to explore her other […]
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Wayne Duso
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Affiliation:
- Industry Partner
Location: Boston
Wayne Duso’s own path to tech wasn’t one that he always saw coming. So when the Amazon Web Services VP sought to bolster the company’s long-term innovation, he turned to […]
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Julie Rakas
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Affiliation:
- Align Alumni
Location: Boston
For those aiming to switch to computing at the master’s level and secure jobs at large tech firms, impostor syndrome can be a struggle. But for Julie Rakas, who interned […]
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Cathy Bilotta
Cathy Bilotta began as one of Northeastern’s first computing college students. Now she’s giving back. In telling the story of Khoury College’s 40th anniversary, it helps to highlight people whose […]
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Mani Sundaram
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Affiliation:
- Alumni
Location: Boston
When he came from India to the United States for graduate school with only enough money for a one-way flight, Mani Sundaram landed at Northeastern purely by accident. But everything that has happened since then — from his startup work to his internet security leadership to his drive to give back — has been very much intentional.
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Glen Coppersmith
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Affiliation:
- Alumni
Location: Boston
When Glen Coppersmith graduated from Northeastern in 2004, he did so with a CS–psychology double degree that was highly unusual at the time. Two decades later, he’s carved out a career by strengthening the quantity, quality, and utility of data for mental health treatment.
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Rachit Mehta
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Affiliation:
- Alumni
Location: Boston
For Rachit Mehta, experiential learning is the key to a well-rounded education. Between his internship at Amazon Web Services and his classes in the Align program, he built confidence in […]
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Hasti Gheibi Dehnashi
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Affiliation:
- Align Alumni
Location: Boston
At AWS, Align alumnus Hasti Gheibi Dehnashi works as an SDE1 – Amazon’s equivalent of an entry level software engineer. Although her position at the company is fairly new, she […]
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Victoria Bowen
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Affiliation:
- Undergraduate Student
Location: Boston
One month after starting her co-op at Outcomes4Me, Victoria Bowen noticed others at the company were starting to ask her for guidance, a credit to her skills as a quick […]