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
I am pursuing my MSW at the University of Michigan’s School of Social Work. My focus areas are child welfare, as well as leadership and management. I plan to continue using my writing as a tool to advocate for children and give them a voice. 5/21

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

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 am now living and working in Washington, D.C. as a Global Child Health Policy Assistant at the American Academy of Pediatrics, a medical member society and a children’s health advocacy organization. I advocate to Congress and the Administration on global children’s issues, and I use both written and verbal communication to do this. Thanks to being a Peer Writing Consultant at Sweetland for 2 years, I can confidently use writing and verbal one-on-one communication to advocate on children’s issues to a variety of audiences. 1/24

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