Yasmin AbouZahr, MBA 2023 had an unconventional MBA journey. A clinical pharmacist, she moved to Barcelona with two young children. How did she balance her responsibilities as an MBA student and a mother? How did her family adapt to life in Barcelona? She shares her experience in this post. Why did you decide to pursue…
What led you to decide to pursue MBA and what made you choose IESE? As I was starting my third year at Amazon, working in my third Amazon Fulfillment Center, having worked weekdays and weekends, during both day and night shifts, in 3 cities and 2 countries, I realized that I had already seen many…
Name: Elaine Kuo Year of Graduation: 2018 Nationality: Taiwanese Country of Residence: United States Current Employer: Amazon Tell us a little bit about yourself. What inspired you to pursue an MBA, and how did you choose IESE? My career has been in the technical field, I am a scientist at heart and trained as…
Can you share with us some of your thoughts when you were planning to do your MBA? Did you have any concerns about managing your children together with your studies and career goals? Managing the full time MBA along with two children is not something I imagined would be easy. During my first visit to…
It must have been big news to find out you were pregnant during the MBA! What was your initial reaction? Knowing how intense the MBA program is, did you have any concerns? BG: I was very happy when I found out I was pregnant because I wanted to live the experience of being a mother…