Education & Nonprofit

Mari German ’19 graduated from Hamilton with a double major in Africana and Hispanic studies. She currently works as the outreach and resource specialist at Tufts University’s Institute for Democracy and Higher Education. In her blog, German emphasizes the importance of staying true to your passions and interests when finding the right career.

Sarah Downey '21 graduated with a major in mathematics and a minor in art history. She now works as an upper school math teacher at the Brooks School. Downey discusses the importance of building confidence as an undergraduate in order to have a successful career.

Anna Paikert ’13 graduated from Hamilton with a major in creative writing. She currently works as a special education teacher at the Freemantles School in England. Paikert discusses her passion for teaching and details her path to working with special needs students.

Bryan Matte ’20 graduated from Hamilton with a major in literature and a minor in education. He now works as a First Grade Associate Teacher at Greens Farms Academy. Matte details how building relationships on the hill led him to discovering his passion for teaching.

Olivia Maddox graduated from Hamilton in 2020 with a double major in history and Chinese. She worked at Thinktown Education, helping Chinese students apply to top universities and colleges in the United States and UK, before deciding to pursue a Ph.D. in history to become a professor.

Chelsea Haight ’13 is a regional development director for the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and lives in San Francisco.

Higher education came to me somewhat as a fluke and what a lucky fluke it was! I began my tenure in higher education as a student intern in Hamilton’s own Office of Alumni Relations at the beginning of my freshman year and continued working there until I graduated in 2012. In the process, I became fascinated by the world of higher education and alumni relations in particular. What I relished most was the opportunity to build connections with those who had shared the campus I had come to love.

Meredith Jones graduated from Hamilton in 2019 with a degree in literature and Hispanic studies. She currently works at Literacy Inc. in New York as the City’s First Readers Initiative manager.

Niamh Fitzpatrick graduated from Hamilton in 2020, with a major in economics and a minor in computer science and is currently an English teaching fellow with the Fulbright program in Taiwan.

Ashley King ’14 majored in psychology and worked as a tutor in the Let’s Get Ready, America Reads, and DEAR programs. After graduating from Hamilton, she received her master’s in school counseling with specialization in leadership from the University of Rochester. Ashley is now an elementary school counselor and respite worker in Rochester, N.Y.