BOLD Perspectives is an opportunity for BOLD (Bulldogs of the Last Decade) alumni to come together to share their experiences and adventures as a Yalie. Past themes explored the theme of Leading in Your Community (Brooklyn) and Navigating the World Inside and Outside of Yale (New York City).
Navigating the World Inside and Outside of Yale
Alumni storytellers stepped up to the mic to tell personal tales of their experiences on campus and beyond at The Greene Space in New York on February 29, 2020.
Originally from Chicago, Johnathan attended a boarding high school on the east coast before attending Yale as a history major. He works as the Policy Advisor for the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution.
Natalina is a marketing strategist passionate about baked goods (eating, not baking them). She works at Twitter in Los Angeles, where she is one of the few people who does not own a car and one of fewer who attempts to walk everywhere.
Robert is an independent radio producer from Massachusetts. While at Yale, he created the Industrial New Haven podcast, contributed to the Undergraduate Admissions podcast, and served as a senior editor for the New Journal, a creative nonfiction magazine.
Cody Pomeranz is a speechwriter from Cincinnati. He spends his free time doing stand-up comedy and cheering on—or crying over—his beloved Cincinnati Bengals. He is currently the Director of Speechwriting at the DNC.
Kristin Budde is a Midwesterner who set out as an English major, but somehow ended up as a psychiatrist. Currently, she spends her days (and sometimes nights) working at Yale-New Haven Hospital’s psychiatric emergency department.
Storytellers prepared for BOLD Perspectives with Moth six-time GrandSLAM champion Matthew Dicks by honing stories and presentations during virtual workshops.
If you’re not familiar with this type of storytelling, check out examples of stories that Matthew has told previously: My Father's Son [video] and This is Going to Suck [video].