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Class of 2025 Alumni Share Career Updates and Advice for Upcoming Graduates
Seven McCourt School of Public Policy alumni reflect on their current roles a year after graduating and what they learned along the.…
May 11, 2026
- Alumni
- Discovery & Impact
How the McCourt School prepared an alumna for a White House communications role
Sneha Choudhary (MPP’24), the former White House’s associate director of regional media, was a force in tackling policy challenges with innovation. To the Office of…
March 24, 2025
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- Discovery & Impact
- MIDP Student Experience
She wanted to have an outsized impact. She now leads impact management for a global development investor.
In reflecting on life post-graduation, Lillian Alexander (MIDP’20) shared the joys of living in DC and making the most of her proximity to Georgetown’s McCourt School of…
March 17, 2025
- Alumni
- Student Experience
Head over heels for policy: Three McCourt School love stories
Skyller Cosme (MPP’24) and Jimmy Doucette (MPP’24) Skyller Cosme (MPP’24), an analyst supporting FEMA at Partner Forces, and Jimmy Doucette (MPP’24), an economist at the…
February 14, 2025
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- Student Experience
‘Very DC’ love stories: 4 Georgetown couples share their charming meet cutes
Alex Brillman (MPP’19) and Anna Heard (MPP’19) Alex Brillman and Anna Heard met in the sandwich line on the first day of orientation at the McCourt School. “One of us was…
February 14, 2024
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- Student Experience
Georgetown couples find love on the Hilltop
Jannet Esparza (MPM’23) and Carlos Beltran (MPM’23) Jannet and Carlos, who met in an introductory political science course as undergraduates at California State University…
February 14, 2023
- Alumni
- Student Experience
Former graduate students share how their love began at the McCourt School
Bidjan Nashat (Hertie MPP‘07) and Joanna Mikulski (MPP‘07) Bidjan, an exchange student from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin , met Joanna during McCourt School…
February 14, 2022
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- Student Experience
Q&A: McCourt and National Urban Fellows alumna Regina Johnson
What drove you to apply to the National Urban Fellows program? I felt stagnant in my role and was looking for an opportunity to expand my network and shake up my. …
January 21, 2022
- Alumni
- Student Experience
Q&A: McCourt and National Urban Fellows alum Omar Suarez
Imagine if you could take five year’s worth of career experience and boil it down to a 14-month period of time… That’s the kind of acceleration that NUF provides. Omar…
January 19, 2022
- Alumni
- Discovery & Impact
McCourt School alums aspire to educate the next generation of policymakers and data scientists
While many McCourt School of Public Policy graduates pursue careers in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, others find their calling in academia. The McCourt School is…
October 18, 2021