College dropout, hedge-fund CEO and sporadic blogger Eva Shang ’17 is interested in the idea of a diamond-shaped life. “In the latter half of our lives, our options and possibilities narrow in on themselves, but in the first half of your life — especially when you’re in middle school, high school, college, or your early 20s — the world is opening itself up to you.”
Shang arrived at the red-brick dormitories of Harvard Yard from the peaceful suburbs of Philadelphia. On campus, she founded the Harvard Organization for Prison Education and Reform and tutored at prisons across Massachusetts. Though she spent much of her time at Harvard advocating for prisoners’ rights, she was hesitant about pursuing this passion professionally.
To Shang, Harvard was the base of a forking path. She could work in the public sector and be forever “rabble-rousing on the outside,” or she could attend seminars at the Charles Hotel to schmooze with recruiters over free food and eventually sign to a high-paying job in the corporate world.
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