Juniors Attend Maverick Capital Foundation-hosted Professional Women’s Dinner

Over a dozen Row New York juniors attended our annual Professional Women’s Dinner on March 1. For the second year in a row, the Maverick Capital Foundation hosted this event, designed to introduce young women to the career world of resumes, networking, and job applications. According to juniors Kimberly Bush and Monique Avin, the evening was a valuable chance to learn important life skills.

“Each rower,” Kimberly explained, “was set up with a professional woman to interact with and ask them questions…about college or even business life.” Monique added that the professionals present reviewed their resumes and told the juniors “what got them to where they are today.” Kimberly called generating questions to ask in interviews – instead of simply providing answers – the most difficult part of the evening. She called the most fun part “getting out of my shell and skipping past the nerves” and “also eating! The food was delicious.”

“The purpose of the event,” Kimberly said, “was to get a feel of how interviews are conducted and the basic elements of applying for jobs, what to wear to interviews, and…how to conduct yourself.” Each junior learned something. Monique – who is currently considering nursing or English as her field of study – said she learned that going to college with a variety of potential majors instead of one was a sound position to be in. Kimberly said she learned that because it demonstrates what personal qualifications you will bring to a workplace, simply being yourself is a good interview strategy. Asked about her career aspirations, Kimberly said, “I would love to become a psychologist! My plan in college is to major in psychology and minor in photography.”

Row New York thanks the Maverick Capital Foundation for hosting this dinner to help our girls make careers out of the things they love.