Time to Act! By: Alejandra Soria Andrade Alejandra Soria Andrade is a current Huntsman Student in the Class of 2025 and a Penn World Scholar. She recently traveled to Paris to participate in the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society and represented her home country Ecuador. If you’ve ever wondered how valuable it can be to go ...Read More

Mariana is a senior from Mexico targeting Russian and concentrating in Business Economics & Public Policy, and Finance.  Tell us about your background. I was born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, and I came to the US for my undergrad at Penn. All of my family is from Mexico, so I don’t have the most international background, ...Read More

Tell me about yourself. I was born and raised in Toronto, Canada but lived in India for a few years as well. I’ve always been an avid language learner, speaking Gujarati & Hindi at home as well as French throughout highschool, but am targeting German within Huntsman. I am pursuing the Graduate Certificate in Human Rights ...Read More

By Mariana Velasco Angel is a junior targeting Chinese from Jakarta, Indonesia. Tell me more about your background. I grew up in Jakarta all of my life, and had been to the US a couple of times with my family. Found out about Huntsman through Kevin, he graduated from the program a couple years ago, he is ...Read More

By Mariana Velasco Ariana is a freshman targeting French from Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Ariana is a Penn World Scholar Class of 2025. Where did the interest in business come from? I think it comes from my family and my childhood. My father is very much into business, our family has an insurance company, so I grew up ...Read More

By Mariana Velasco Gabrielle is a sophomore from Johannesburg, South Africa, targeting French.  You are an international student as well. What made you decide to study outside of South Africa? It is definitely a big decision to make. I think for me, it made sense to go outside to learn and find solutions to the challenges of ...Read More

Erica is a freshman from South Korea, but was originally born in California, and grew up in Japan, Hawaii and South Korea.  Tell me more about your international background. What is the story behind it? I grew up in Japan because both of my parents worked there, but then after the earthquake in 2011, we relocated ...Read More

Current Students Cole Hancock Hometown: Littleton, CO Class Year: 2021 Target Language: German Study Abroad: Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany Minor: German Wharton Concentration: Finance & Multinational Management Why did you choose the Huntsman Program? To get both a rigorous business education from Wharton and the breadth of the International Studies degree - all…Read More Read More

Current Students Julia Mitchell Hometown: Yardley, PA Class Year: 2022 Target Language: French Study Abroad: TBD Minor: French & Francophone Studies Wharton Concentration: Business Economics and Public Policy Why did you choose the Huntsman Program? In high school, I was uncertain about choosing a major because my interests extended in…Read More Read More

Current Students Madeline Lau Hometown: Hillsborough, CA Class Year: 2022 Target Language: Spanish Study Abroad: TBD Minor: Spanish Wharton Concentration: Marketing & OIDD Why did you choose the Huntsman Program? I chose the Huntsman program for the ability to add a secondary linguistic and cultural fluency to my business degree.…Read More Read More

Esha Bansal Class Year: 2019 Target Language: Spanish Current Role: Completing MD/MPH degree at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Joining as a resident physician in Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. A Conversation with Esha Bansal (Huntsman 2019) By: Nikita Manoj '26 What did…Read More Read More

Jay Vaingankar Class Year: 2020 Target Language: Spanish Current Role: Office of Policy, Supporting Department of Energy in the White House A Conversation with Jay Vaingankar (Huntsman 2020) By: Defne Onguc '23 What did you study at Huntsman (Target Language and any minors if they had them) and when did…Read More Read More

Fernando Szew Class Year: 1998 Target Language: Spanish Current Role: CEO, Fox Entertainment Global A Conversation with Fernando Szew (Huntsman 1998)* By: Jeslyn Li '26 Tell me about yourself. What did you study at Huntsman and when did you graduate? I’m Fernando Szew, I graduated from Huntsman in 1998. On…Read More Read More

Annie Wasserman Class Year: 2017 Target Language: French Current Role: Partner, Pareto Holdings A Conversation with Annie Wasserman By: Defne Onguc '23 What did you study at Huntsman (Target Language and any minors if they had them) and when did you graduate? My name is Annie Wasserman and I graduated…Read More Read More

Julia Luscombe Class Year: 2010 Target Language: French Current Role: VP Strategic Planning & Portfolio Management at Feeding America A Conversation with Julia Luscombe: The Journey from Social Impact at Huntsman to Addressing Hunger in the United States By: Shriya Shah '25 Tell me about yourself.  My name is Julia…Read More Read More

Leslie Hicks Class Year: 2019 Target Language: French Wharton Concentrations: BEPP A Conversation with Leslie Hicks: Building Community At & After Huntsman By: Shriya Shah '25 Tell me about yourself.  My name is Leslie Hicks, I graduated from the Huntsman Program in 2019 targeting French and concentrating in BEPP at…Read More Read More

Jason Yeh Class Year: 2006 Target Language: Chinese Study Abroad: Peking University (Beijing, China) Wharton Concentrations: Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Tell me about yourself.  I grew up on the East Coast in Princeton, and I attended the Huntsman Program as a Mandarin Chinese target. I studied abroad at Peking University,…Read More Read More

James McPhail Class Year: 2018 Target Language: Chinese Study Abroad: Peking University (Beijing, China) Wharton Concentrations: Finance Tell me about yourself. I grew up in Rye, New York, the suburbs of New York City.  I had always had an interest in China, and started studying Mandarin in sixth grade. After…Read More Read More

Derek Wong Class Year: 2003 Target Language: Chinese Study Abroad: Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) Wharton Concentrations: Finance & Public Policy Tell me about yourself.  My name is Derek Wong, and I’m currently the Senior Director for Planning and Government Relations at a firm called Excelerate Energy that's based out of…Read More Read More

Christine Luo Class Year: 2012 Target Language: German Study Abroad: Frankfurt, Germany Wharton Concentrations: Finance What is your current professional role? I am a product director at a real estate technology start-up.  We’re about 220 people, and I’ve been here since October 2020.   What does a normal workday look like for…Read More Read More