Ariana Boltax is an instructor at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, where she teaches a course on small-animal euthanasia communication skills, which helps students learn to communicate with grief-stricken clients. Her course materials were awarded the grand prize in the COVID Educational Creations Contest, an international competition that rewards innovations in veterinary teaching during the pandemic. (Be sure to check out Ariana’s Alumni Profile in this issue.) Samantha Gordon is assistant director for pre-college programs at Harvard University.

A smiling man holding a microphone in one hand stands in front of a poster that reads, in part, "We have a strategic plan. It's called doing things."

INVESTING IN SUCCESS: Ruben Kanya ’14, founder of Invested Talent and the Real Estate Experiment (Instagram: @TheRealEstateExperiment), is a licensed Realtor, an investor, a brand consultant and a TEDx speaker. In addition to sharing inspirational quotes and business advice on Instagram, the former Brandeis basketball player also hosts a podcast that invites serial entrepreneurs to talk about their business and real-estate ventures

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