MaiAda Carpano always loved coding but it never crossed her mind to pursue a career in it—she thought you had to excel at math and science to break into the field. She taught for history for six years but didn’t see the professional growth potential she was looking for. Not wanting to “feel stuck,” MaiAda approached a friend in the tech industry, who recommended the Penn LPS Coding Boot Camp—he had recently completed the program and felt enthusiastic about the support he received from his instructors and teaching assistants.

Jesse Hamilton believes that in the Galápagos Islands, locally owned businesses can be both ecofriendly and profitable. This summer, a pilot program to demonstrate this proved to be a success.

After serving in the military and then working in the financial industry, Hamilton enrolled in Penn’s Master of Liberal Arts program, hoping to expand his interest in philosophy and the humanities. Hamilton graduated in 2019 and is now a first-year philosophy doctoral student.