What have you
done since you graduated?
“I graduated from St.
Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont
in 2016. I double-majored in English
Literature and Philosophy. For two years
after college, I stayed in Vermont and I
took an AmeriCorps position with the
Franklin Grand Isle Bookmobile. While I
was there, I helped with literacy
programming for kids in the program and
also worked to help raise funds for the
nonprofit organization. From 2018 until
last fall, I was in Memphis, Tennessee,
working for Apelah, a nonprofit right over
the Tennessee border in Hernando,
Mississippi. Apelah helps foster children
with special needs and in-home care for
the elderly.
I started this fall
at New York University's Journalism
graduate program studying Literary
Reportage. While I was working in the area
of communication for nonprofits, I
realized that the ways I was being asked
to tell people's stories were not what I
was interested in. I was not interested in
telling stories from a marketing
perspective. Journalism now seems like the
right path for me.”
What do
you remember from your time at Gilbert?:
"Having majored in
English and writing for most of my life, I
have a lot of grateful feelings for all of
my English teachers. They all made me a
better writer and I am very grateful for
that. I was taught how to think critically
thanks to them. My father, Joe Brady, was
a Biology and Chemistry teacher at Gilbert
for 30 years and I was the only one of my
siblings to have him as a teacher."
What
lessons from Gilbert did you apply to the
real world?:
"I think there is
something about going to such a small
school that helps you to understand how
important it is to know and understand
people. Going to such a small school and
being part of a community where, whether
or not we wanted to, we all knew each
other, gave me an important appreciation
of people. To me, everyone is interesting.
Also, lunch is important!"
What
advice would you give current students?:
"You don't need to
know what you want to do for the rest of
your life, and you might change your mind
about things, but that's okay."
