Imagine yourself at your Kellogg graduation. What career will you be preparing to enter.How have the MBA and Kellogg helped you get there?

After the graduation ceremony, I walked out of the Donald P. Jacobs Center, the base for my last two years. Oddly, I felt no nostalgia for crossing the finish line. Instead, I was filled with excitement for reaching a milestone. With Kellogg’s MBA, I am one firm step closer to my long-term goal: by starting a venture capital fund specially focused on education in developing countries, I will unleash the power of finance to revolutionize education.

In Bank of America, I had first-hand experience of the powerful impact finance could bring as my team helped companies emerge from financial challenges, expand into new markets, and open new restaurants through effective capital allocation. When I was volunteering in rural China, I also saw how much the kids there could benefit from desperately needed resources. After all, what could create more value than investment in the education of our children? By starting my own educational focused fund that drastically improves the efficiency of capital allocation in the education system, I could institute a completely different learning experience for those children. Therefore, two years ago, I came to Kellogg with experience in the capital markets and passion for education, looking for necessary understanding of non-profit administration, related VC experience, and connection to partners who shared the same passion

In the two years at Kellogg, I did not only hone my analytical skills in rigorous finance classes, I also gained valuable experience in VC investing by working with education focused VC such as the I2A Fund in the Venture Lab. Through Kellogg Board Fellows, I served as a non-voting member on the board of Chicago International Charter School, learning by practice the administration and operation of a non-profit organization. As the co-president of the Inner City Mentoring Club, I took the unique opportunity to observe teaching in action and seek creative solutions to solve real issues in classrooms. While becoming the finalists in the 2014 Education Innovation Case Competition was definitely a highlight, but for me, the countless hours I spent with my teammates at Joseph and Carole Levy Atrium, sharing our visions of better education and developing an executable action plan, were priceless.

Last summer, with analytical skills and hands-on experiences from Kellogg, I was one of best performers in my internship at an existing education focused VC. In a few weeks, I will report at my new job in New School Ventures. Then in the next few years, I will start my own venture fund specially focused on education in developing countries with a team of education revolutionists met through Kellogg. Today’s graduation doesn’t mark the end of a great experience. Instead, it is the horn for embarkation of a new journey, my journey toward creating better education.