Alumni Career Snapshots
Alumni Career Snapshots
Students at HDS prepare for a wide range of professions, including ministry in faith communities; community development, advocacy; and education to name a few. Explore their stories and see how HDS assisted them on their journey.
'Don't Compromise on What Gives You Meaning'
Now working as a writer, Abhijith Ravinutala, MTS ‘19, says HDS taught him never to compromise on what gives his life meaning.
Curating Vibrant Community Experiences
As the head of community at CreativeMornings in New York City, Exa (Alexandra) Kutler, MDiv '17, creates vibrant community experiences in a variety of ways, helping folks feel seen in communal spaces.
Ethically Informed Clinical Heart Care
As a cardiac electrophysiology fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, Danish Zaidi, MTS '16, provides ethically informed clinical heart care, emphasizing healing and patient rights.
Advocating for Civil and Human Rights
As counsel for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Chavis Jones, MDiv '16, advocates for the advancement of civil and human rights across a broad range of issues.
Building Grassroots Communities
Sara Smirin, MRPL '24, credits HDS with helping her to interrogate assumptions, to be capacious in her thinking, and to always embrace the moral imagination.
'HDS Strengthened Me as a Whole Person'
Melissa Coles, MDiv '17, a postdoctoral research associate at the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, says the pastoral and academic skills she acquired at HDS helped strengthen her holistically.
