Adela Baker • English 2020
I am a 2L at Harvard Law School planning to work in corporate tax law at an internship this summer. At Harvard, I'm involved in Christian Fellowship and spend time reading for my fiction book club and providing LSAT and law school personal statement tutoring. I think of my experience in the Peer Writing Consultant Program at Sweetland often, and use the skills I learned there of how to structure writing, play a supporting role in advising writers on their work, and build rapport with new people almost every day. 1/24

Zofia Ferki • Creative Writing - Literature, German 2020
I graduated in May 2020 during the outbreak of the pandemic (my last official university event before everything shut down was our weekly Sweetland meeting, and I wouldn't have had it any other way). After that, I stayed inside for a year and a half in order to avoid corona. That was incredibly rough. During this time I applied for and was accepted as a freelance contributor to write jokes for The Onion and Reductress, a long-time dream of mine. I also collaborated with fellow UM alumni to launch our own comedy website, The Whole Wheat Post, which parodies the health and wellness industry. In 2021, I moved to Hamburg, Germany, for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship. I also started doing stand-up comedy shows in English and in German. I intend to stay in Germany for as long as possible and pursue stand-up as a full-time career. 1/23

Ameera Kamalrudin • Psychology and Linguistics 2020
I’m currently back home in Malaysia working with the U.S. Embassy here as the EducationUSA program coordinator, where I promote higher education in the U.S. via free advising and outreach programs for Malaysians. Sweetland sparked my interest in student advising and I apply my skills via personalized interactions with university applicants, especially pertaining their personal essays. 1/23

Akili Echols • Sociology (Law, Justice, and Social Change) 2021
Next year (2021-2022) I will be completing a year of service at City Year Detroit. 5/21

Kaitlyn Ender • Psychology 2021
After graduating with a BA in Psychology and Minor in Writing from UofM, I pursued my MSW degree at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and graduated in 2022. I now work at the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect as a Professional Research Assistant. I regularly use the skills I learned at Sweetland in my work to support children and families through research and evaluation! 1/25

Rachel McKimmy • Program in the Environment 2021
I'm living in Vermont, doing a year of service through ECO AmeriCorps at the Department of Environmental Conservation's Clean Water Initiative Program. In my free time, I'm volunteering with the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants as an English tutor for refugees in Vermont. :) 1/23

Julianna Morano • English 2021
I’m working my first full-time job as an education reporter at The Fresno Bee’s Education Lab. I’ve been living in Fresno since I started the job in March 2023. I was just talking to a colleague yesterday, who I found out also worked at a writing center at UC Merced during her undergrad. We both talked about how we learned more about writing at the Writing Center than possibly anywhere else! I also think tutoring taught me how to build trust in a short span of time — vital for a job that requires one-on-one interviews all the time. Missing Sweetland from 2,000 miles away! 1/23

Samantha Sordyl • English 2021
I live and work outside of Chicago as a college essay coach for the California-based college prep company Collegewise. I have definitely put my Sweetland skills to good use in this job! 2/26

Emily Wolhart • Economics 2021
After graduation, I moved to Washington, DC where I work as a data analyst in the insurance industry. Even though my job involves lots of coding and number crunching, I still use the skills I developed through Sweetland daily. On the weekends, I love exploring the city and watching Michigan football. Go Blue! 11/21

Michaela Minnis • Public Policy 2022
I'm at The Century Foundation (TCF), working as a policy associate to advance maternal and reproductive health policy through research and analysis. I live and work in Washington, DC. I'm in a very writing-heavy role and am involved in lot editing sessions when co-writing with other experts at my organization. Working as a PWC at Sweetland gave me exposure to the editing part of writing and how to let those tutoring sessions be the most collaborative with students. I apply this understanding (of collaboration) today when writing content with seasoned professionals who may have different perspectives or suggestions on how to frame policy discussions.  2/26

Theo Poling • RC Creative Writing & Literature and Arts & Ideas in the Humanities 2022
I work as a coordinator for the LSA Opportunity Hub here at UMich! I use my Sweetland skills to help students improve their resumes, cover letters, and personal statements, and spoke as an alum guest on the importance of an education in writing. In my free time, I'm also an intern for the Dispute Resolution Center, an organization that uses restorative justice to divert at-risk youth away from the carceral state, and I also work as an admin and consultant for Klancy Street, a restorative justice law firm that helps colleges & universities implement restorative practices for all students, including those who have experienced sexual and gender-based misconduct. I also volunteer with Leuk's Landing, a shelter for cats with feline leukemia, and write a lot in my spare time! I am currently working on a speculative fiction novel and a queer TV show pilot with a directing pilot. We applied for a fellowship recently that offers industry mentorship to young LGBTQ creatives. I use my Sweetland wisdom every single day--and I love it. 2/26

Maya Simonte • Creative Writing and Literature 2022
After graduating, I moved to Japan and taught English in Sendai City elementary and middle schools for three years, having many lovely conversations with students in the contact zone that is the English classroom. Last summer, I returned to the U.S. to pursue a dual masters in Children’s Literature and Library Services to Children at Simmons University in Boston. I’ve also picked up the electric guitar! 2/26

Natalie White • Biology, Health and Society 2022
I am currently attending Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo! I have helped with Kalamazoo Literacy Coalition, working on improving English skills in ESL learners and will serve on the admissions committee in 2023. Go blue! 1/23

Allison Bell • Musical Theatre, Minor in Arts Management, Certificate in Leadership 2023
I currently live and work in Manhattan, New York. I frequently draw upon my training from Sweetland as a freelance college-prep writing consultant. I also volunteer with Reading Partners through AmeriCorps in NYC Title I schools. Our organization serves elementary school students to improve their phonics, vocabulary, comprehension and reading fluency. I am currently pursuing my Master of Business Administration in Strategic Leadership and expect to graduate this May. 2/26

Gigi Guida • Honors Individualized Major in Urban People, Spaces, and Narratives 2023
Since graduating, I’ve chosen to shape what began as my undergrad thesis into a long-form audioseries called Seen/Unseen. To allow time and energy for its revision and wages to live by, I work a few part-time jobs in Philly that don’t require me to write or even look at a computer. Everyday when I work on Seen/Unseen I use my Sweetland skills. Most of all, I know to ask for plenty of writing support myself… sometimes even from other Sweetland alums! 2/26

Roshni Veeramachaneni • Creative Writing and Literature 2024
Since graduating, I've been working at the Shapiro Undergraduate Library and Hatcher Graduate Library as a Circulation and Services Assistant here in Ann Arbor. My work at Sweetland proved to the search committee that I have a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Being a PWC also gave me essential experience interacting empathetically with a diverse population, understanding their needs in a short timeframe, and directing them to helpful resources -- and that's basically what I do now! 1/25