Careers and Success Stories

Modern Languages and Literatures

Gaëlle Hollandbeck

Master’s degree in plant pathology at Purdue University

William Vaughan

English Language Teaching Assistant
Collège Sagebien and Lycée
Robert de Luzarches

Belany Contreras

Law Clerk, North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic

Patrick Nicholas

Technical coordinator for North American Corporate Actions

Michael Peters

Rush University – Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN), Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL)

Diedre Suri

Support Center Coordinator (French), for Rotary International, IL

Angela Lopez

Development Coordinator at Boys Hope Girls Hope of Arizona

Maria Meza

3rd Grade Teacher, Little Fort Elementary School

Sandra de la Riva

Program Manager at Customized Educational Programs Abroad (CEPA), Strasbourg France

Sean Flanigan

Employer – Great Lakes Coca Cola
Position – Small Format Account Manager

Jane-Elise Ryer

Senior Digital Strategist at Sapphire Strategies

Evelyn S. Bello

Bilingual Family Visit Facilitator at A Safe Place of Lake County

Bridget Kies

Instructor, Film Studies and LGBT Studies at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Renee Reiling

Regional Grants Officer, Rotary Grants, Rotary International, Evanston, IL

Yaritza Cambron

GI Tech at Northshore University HealthSystem

Former position

JHuman Resources Coordinator at JourneyCare

Lana Panitch

Senior Program Support Associate, Elevate Energy

Ashley Gora

Program Coordination Assistant, Lyceum of Monterey County in California

Erin Kummer

Master of Arts in National & Transnational Studies at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany

Evelyn Johnson

Category Manager – Building Materials (The Home Depot, Atlanta GA)

Nicole Nagel

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Master of Science in Information and Library Science

Alli Chase

Rush University - Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN)

Matthew Spehlmann

Intern, Coordinator, group volunteer projects, Tandana Foundation, Ecuador

Benedetta Borri

Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Rome): Western and Central Africa and Great Lakes Region Division of the Global Affairs Department

Kevin Hsu

DPM, Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.

Lauren Dalecky

Employer – Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation Position – Research Intern

Matt DeMaris

Vice President of Risk and Compliance, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Yipeng Hu

Financial Analyst at Jupai Holdings, Ltd.

Justin Lansing

Musician in the Grammy winning band The Okee Dokee Brothers

Edward Yonkers

Winner of Chinese government scholarship of 2014-2015

Malia Ogawa

Employer – Zulilly (Seattle, WA) · Position – Production Copywriter Previous Employers – French government

Katelyn McAuliffe

Strategic Consulting Team Administrative Analyst
Cushman & Wakefield in Chicago

Camille Lemieux

Research Assistant at the Education Development Center in Chicago

Leticia Lazcano

Community Outreach Specialist at Illinois Student Assistance Commission

Caroline Tibbetts

Assistant Buyer for Sears Apparel in San Francisco, California

Lisa Kiken

Current job: Digital Marketing Manager, Flinn Scientific

Supply Network Analyst, Danone White Wave (North American headquarters, Broomfield, CO), a French company, based in Paris, that produces Essential Dairy and Plant-based products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition, and Advances Medical Nutrition.

Abby Brand

Attorney, Carney Thorpe Law Firm

Kaitlyn Daniel

Business Analyst, Condé Nast, New York