Meet Your Peer Advisors

Hometown: Jackson, Tennessee

Degree: Wharton single degree

Concentration(s): Health Care Management & Policy and Operations, Information & Decisions

Minor: Chemistry

Favorite courses: OIDD 2900: Decision Processes, EDUC 202: Urban Education

What are your career interests and where have you interned/worked over your summers? My career interest are in the intersection of the following industries: healthcare, operations, social impact, and education.

Freshman Summer: Administrative Assistant at a primary care clinic (healthcare) and a Brand Ambassador at Intern Queen

Sophomore summer: Healthcare Operations & Improvement intern at Exact Sciences

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced at Wharton/Penn? Not following the herd. It is very easy to pick the most traveled path when it comes to recruiting and picking a career. However, it is always best to follow your own passions and interests, even if it is not the status quo. It took me a while, but I was able to address this tendency of following the herd and overcome it.

Why should a student see a peer advisor? We have been in your shoes, so we will usually know the best way to help you. Additionally, we are there to help answer the questions that you might not want to or cannot ask your academic advisor.

What is one thing that a new student should learn more about? Coffee chats & lunches with professors and teaching staff. They are great resources and offer great advice.

Fun fact(s) about you: I studied how to win small giveaways in my free time before college. During my golden year, I won over 40 giveaways.

Activities: Nigerians at Penn, Black Wharton Undergraduate Association, Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity, Successful Transition & Empowerment Program (STEP), Wharton 1010 TA

Email: lnnaji@wharton.upenn.edu

Hometown: Irvine, CA, USA

Degree: Wharton single degree

Concentration: Health Care Management & Policy

Second concentration: Operations, Information, and Decisions

Favorite courses: OIDD2360: Scaling Ventures: Aligning Operations with Strategy, WH201: Business Communication for Impact

What are your career interests and where have you interned/worked over your summers? Career interest in hospital systems and healthcare management. Internship/work experiences:
Business Strategy and Intelligence Intern – Quench
Supply Chain Logistics Intern – Chipotle Mexican Grill
Customer Research Intern – Spark Advisors
Business Development Intern – Subject

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced at Wharton/Penn? Finding a community

Fun fact(s) about you: I once finished a pint of ice cream in 55 seconds.

Activities: McNulty P3 Discussion Facilitator, McNulty Leadership Compass, Wharton Korea Undergraduate Business Society, Wharton Undergraduate Healthcare Club, Wharton Management Club, Club Squash

Email: jhan1@wharton.upenn.edu

Hometown: San Francisco, CA, USA

Degree: Huntsman

Concentration: Finance

Second concentration/major: International Studies

Favorite course: LGST 1010: Law and Social Values

Where have you interned/worked over your summers? Goldman Sachs, Summer Analyst in their Investment Banking Division

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced at Wharton/Penn? Navigating competing pressures in academics, job search and recruiting, and college life and learning to tune out the noise and find what resonates with me

Fun fact(s) about you: I share a birthday with Elvis Presley and Stephen Hawking and I have traveled to 20 states!

Activities: Director of web editorial for The WALK, consultant at Penn International Impact Consulting (PIIC), residential advisor at Harrison College House

Email: lthrower@wharton.upenn.edu

Hometown: Henderson, NV, United States

Degree: Wharton single degree

Concentration(s): Marketing & Operations Management,

Operations, Information & Decisions

Decision Processes

Favorite courses: OIDD 4150: Product Design, THAR 0120: Intro to Acting, FNAR 1040: Digital Photography, MKTG 2540: Pricing Policies

Off-Campus Study: I went on the entertainment in LA WIEP trip, Spring 2023

What are your career interests and where have you interned/worked over your summers? I am interested in working in the creator economy (think content creators) on both the creative and business side. 

Summer 2021: Social Media Marketing Intern at Arby’s

Summer 2022: Started my YouTube channel

Summer 2023: Product Management and Growth Intern at Pillar

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced at Wharton/Penn? Getting too distracted by what other people are doing. Finding my own path professionally.

What is one thing that a new student should learn more about? McNulty Leadership Program

Fun fact(s) about you: I’ve edited videos for adult entertainers

Activities: Penn Reach, Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity, Wharton Korean Undergraduate Business Society

Email: danmin@wharton.upenn.edu

Hometown: Hoboken, NJ

Degree: Wharton single degree

Concentration: Finance

Favorite courses: FNCE 2500: Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation, LGST 2910: Negotiations

Off-campus study: WIP trip to Portugal

What are your career interests and where have you interned/worked over your summers? During my first-year summer, I was a marketing intern at consumer beauty startup, Flock, and a research assistant at the Wharton Behavioral Lab. During my sophomore summer, I was a GFL associate at BCG.

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced at Wharton/Penn? The biggest challenge I’ve faced, and am still facing, is figuring out where I fit in at Penn. It’s difficult to understand your own interests if you’re constantly comparing yourself to everyone else. It’s very easy to get caught up in what everyone around you is doing, but it’s more important to be their cheerleader while you discover your own path.

What is one thing that a new student should learn more about? Students should take advantage of all the research opportunities on campus. If you’re interested in a certain area or a professor’s work, don’t hesitate to reach out to professors and see how you can help.

Fun fact(s) about you: I love 80s/90s movies like the Back to the Future trilogy, and I love traveling (my favorite country is France!)

Activities: Wharton Council; Wharton Undergraduate Founders and Funders (Co-President); Wharton Cohorts (Shekel); Wharton 2010 TA Leadership Board; Hill College House RA; Phi Chi Theta Business Fraternity

Email: edubov@wharton.upenn.edu

Hometown: Old Bridge, NJ, USA

Degree: Wharton single degree

Concentration(s): Finance and Business Analytics

Favorite courses: OIDD290 – Decision Processes, LGST 1010 – Law and Social Values

What are your career interests and where have you interned/worked over your summers? Career Interests: Tech investing (FinTech, EdTech), growth strategies for scaling up start-ups 

Fall 2022: Venture Capital Intern @ Quidnet Ventures 

Summer 2022: Private Equity Analyst @ Desert Springs Capital 

Winter 2021: Research Analyst @ Proyecto Verde 

Summer 2021:  Private Equity Analyst @ 1435 Capital

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced at Wharton/Penn? Learning how to not to get caught up with all the overwhelming pressure regarding clubs, recruiting, and college life, especially as a freshman, and working towards what is best for me and my interests.

What is one thing that a new student should learn more about? Career Services is a great resource on campus that is often overlooked by students. You can schedule as many meeting as you need with an advisor to work through your resume, cover letters, and interview prep. This is super helpful to make any student better prepared for recruiting and professional endeavors at Penn!

Fun fact(s) about you: I love to dance and my most memorable performance was dancing backup for Joe Jonas and DNCE!

Activities: Venture Lab, Penn Masti Dance Team, Delta Sigma Pi Professional Fraternity, Penn Venture Group, Engineering Consultants at Penn, Venture Initiation Program Fellow, Wharton Undergrad Finance and Technology Club

Email: samicag@wharton.upenn.edu

Hometown: Glenview, IL, USA

Degree: Wharton single degree

Concentration: Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Second concentration: Business, Energy, Environment, and Sustainability

Favorite courses: CLST 1302/ANTH 1480: Food and Fire, MKTG 2370: Introduction To Brain Science For Business

What are your career interests and where have you interned/worked over your summers? My long-term career interest is to become an environmental lawyer. In the short term, interested in accounting and auditing of firms.
Freshman summer: Worked as a financial consultant for Roberti Community House, a small non-profit helping urban desert communities in Chicago.
Sophomore summer: Working in the business development unit of a legal tech start-up called tenant buddy.

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced at Wharton/Penn? Finding meaning in the future—getting to Penn was such a big goal in high school that I lost track of who I was and why I was doing anything, and it was very hard to regain that back and understand what I actually wanted from life.

Fun fact(s) about you: I have 7 different wolf-themed accessories, and one of my favorite family activities is wild-mushroom picking.

Activities: Lighting and sound designer, finance chair for Stimulus Children’s Theatre, co-chair of Wharton Council, Resident advisor for Stouffer college house, avid hiker/camper, gardener, volunteer for friends of Clark Park

Email: mlen@wharton.upenn.edu

Hometown: Gainesville, Virginia

Degree: Wharton single degree

Concentration: Management, Strategic Management track

Second concentration: Behavioral Economics

Minor: American Public Policy

Favorite courses: LGST 2070: Sports Business Management, PSCI 0200/130: Intro to American Politics

What are your career interests and where have you interned/worked over your summers? I’m interested in consulting and the intersection of social impact. I have worked at: Mobility Capital Finance as a product development intern and Boston Consulting Group as a GFL summer associate.

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced at Wharton/Penn? My biggest challenge was figuring out how to find my people. I didn’t know anybody coming in, so it was a bit daunting. I was able to find some of my closest friends through all of my involvements.

Fun fact(s) about you: I write poetry in my free time, know geography really well, and have 100 first cousins!

Activities: Black Wharton, Wharton Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Group (WEDIG), Wharton 2010 TA

Email: osei@wharton.upenn.edu

Hometown: Clarksville, TN, USA

Degree: Wharton single degree

Concentration: Finance

Second concentration: Behavioral Economics

Favorite courses: BEPP 2200 (Behavioral Economics, Markets, and Public Policy), LGST 1010 (Law and Social Values), MKTG 1010 (Introduction to Marketing), OIDD 2900 (Decision Processes)

Off-campus study or courses if any: GRIP: Keru – Remote, WIEP: Los Angeles: Arts and Entertainment Sector – New York City: Tech Sector

What are your career interests and where have you interned/worked over your summers? Career interests: behavioral science, domestic policy, education, public/social sector, strategy work. Summer 2021: Keru (social impact consultancy)Consulting and Operations Intern and Wharton Global Youth Program, Essentials of Finance Teaching Assistant

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced at Wharton/Penn? Having a lot of control of my schedule has been a gift and a challenge! You really have to know what you prioritize in your daily life, which often means planning your time commitments ahead of time before things get crazy busy.

Fun fact(s) about you: I’ve played 4 different instruments throughout my life, so I love all things music.

Activities: Penn International Impact Consulting (Vice President & former Associate Consultant Chair), Wharton Cohorts (Executive Cohort Director and Events Committee Director), Wharton Council (Finance Chair), Wharton Ambassadors, Wharton Research Scholars, Greek life

Email: acss@wharton.upenn.edu

Hometown: Irvine, CA, USA

Degree: Wharton single degree

Concentration(s): Finance and Marketing

Favorite courses:MGMT2140 (Tech & Innovation Strategy), MKTG2880 (Pricing Strategies)

What are your career interests and where have you interned/worked over your summers? Career interests: Management Consulting, Sustainability Consulting

Corporate Sustainability, Caterpillar

ESG Data, Proterra

Corporate Strategy, Danone

Management Consulting

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced at Wharton/Penn? Navigating requirements and finding new communities within Wharton upon transferring

What is one thing that a new student should learn more about? Your Wharton undergraduate advisor!

Fun fact(s) about you: Can identify any commercial aircraft by make and model, diehard Lakers fan, and yellowtail sushi lover.

Activities: MUSE SIP Consulting, Wharton Venture Initiation Program, and directing hackathons.

Email: zhogata@wharton.upenn.edu

Hometown: Philadelphia

Degree: Wharton single degree

Concentration(s): Finance, Operations, Information & Decisions, and Decision Processes

Favorite course: OIDD 2900 – Decision Processes

What are your career interests and where have you interned/worked over your summers?

1. DSP Blackrock Mutual Funds, Mumbai – Investment Analyst Intern
2. Carnelian Asset Management, Mumbai -Portfolio Management Intern
3. Incoming 2024 consultant at Boston Consulting Group, Philadelphia – Consulting Intern

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced at Wharton/Penn? 

Assimilation into the competitive environment, balancing social life and academic life.

Why should a student see a peer advisor?

To talk about anything – whether it is academics, extracurriculars, social life, etc. The best advice can be given by someone who has been in your same shoes.

What is one thing that a new student should learn more about? 

Cultural centres, CAPS, SHS

Fun fact(s) about you: I am a big adventure enthusiast (went cliff jumping recently!)

Activities: I’m a part of Wharton Council (Committee Head of External Events), a residential advisor in Hill College House, a Cohort Director for Franc, and a consultant in the Wharton Founders and Funders club (WUFFA). I also work with The Wardrobe, a non-profit organization based in Philadelphia.

Email: pranavi@wharton.upenn.edu

Hometown: Hattiesburg, MS, USA

Degree: Wharton single degree

Concentration(s): Marketing & Communication

Favorite courses: LGST 1010: Law and Social Values, MKTG 2110: Consumer Behavior

Off-campus study: GRIP: Thailand, Wharton Industrial Exploration Program: Los Angeles – Arts and Entertainment Sector, Wharton International Program: Portugal

What are your career interests and where have you interned/worked over your summers? Career interests: entertainment, marketing, public relations

Freshman summer: Brand Now Asia – Marketing Intern

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced at Wharton/Penn? Finding my sense of belonging in a community that is very career-driven – it can potentially be a bit frustrating when you have different goals than the majority of your peers, but finding those with similar passions and values has helped me tremendously.

What is one thing that a new student should learn more about? Vietnam Café – the best Vietnamese iced coffee near Penn and a perfect excuse to take a walk!

Fun fact(s) about you: I once had dinner with the Jonas Brothers’ parents!

Activities: Wharton Cohorts, Black Student League, MUSE, Wharton STEP, Black Wharton, Greek Life

Email: chanware@wharton.upenn.edu

Hometown: New York City, NY

Degree: Uncoordinated Dual Degree

Concentration(s): Finance and Marketing & Operations Management

Minor: Cognitive Science

Favorite courses: DSGN 0010: Art, Design and Digital Culture, OIDD 1010: An Introduction to Operations, Information And Decisions

Off-campus study: LA WIEP: Entertainment & Media Sector, NY WIEP: Tech & Entrepreneurship Sector, Korea WIP: retail industry

What are your career interests and where have you interned/worked over your summers? Freshman Summer: First Round Capital, Clare

Sophomore Summer: Girls Who Invest, Wafra

Career Interests: finance/consulting, retail, venture capital (undecided)

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced at Wharton/Penn? Failure — doing poorly in a class and getting rejected from clubs and social organizations

What is one thing that a new student should learn more about? Penn Career Services!

Fun fact(s) about you: Hitch-hiked from Weed, California to Seattle, Dyed my hair 20+ times last year, Can sing the 50 states of America song in under 30 seconds

Activities: Delta Sigma Pi, The Signal, MUSE Generalist Consulting, The WALK Fashion Magazine, Kappa Alpha Theta, Dear Penn Freshmen, Penn Civic Scholar

Email: amandcui@wharton.upenn.edu

Hometown: Irvine, CA

Degree: Wharton single degree

Concentration(s): Marketing and Finance

Minor: Fine Arts (Photography)

Favorite courses: MKTG 2110 (Consumer Behavior), MGMT 2230 (Business Strategy), MKTG 2540 (Pricing Policy)

Off-campus study: I’m an external transfer and started at Penn as a sophomore.

What are your career interests and where have you interned/worked over your summers? Summer 2021: self-published photography book (passion project)

Summer 2022: Microsoft GroupMe, Innovation Team

Summer 2022: Citi, Citi Ventures, Spring Accelerator Analyst

Summer 2023: Bain (Seoul), Associate Consultant Trainee

What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced at Wharton/Penn? Differentiating things I enjoy/am passionate about vs. things that take low effort/are “easy”

What is one thing that a new student should learn more about? Office hours, the advising center, and upperclassmen

Fun fact(s) about you: I love photography, finessing one-day trips, and working out. I can’t whistle.

Activities: Transfer Student Organization (TSO), Marketing Undergraduate Student Establishment (MUSE), Korean Undergraduate Business Society (KUBS)

Email: kimjaein@wharton.upenn.edu