elsa Andrianifahanana
"Litigation came out of nowhere and litigation felt like a calling from the first time I was on my feet in a courtroom. A verdict can change the course of someone's life or change the trajectory of a company."
taylor corbitt
"If you want something for your community, you have to go out and get it . . . It's time to see how much good we can actually do."
anthony driver
"Working on spacecraft made me realize that even if we succeed in creating a mass-spacefaring civilization, looking back at a biosphere in ruins would diminish that achievement. I felt a moral imperative to instead work on sustainability."
spencer Gore
"I need to be in those rooms and at those tables where decisions are made. I need to be helping to leverage my identity as a Black woman to help better make policy changes."
nina Idemudia
"I was able to build something, which is rare in a large financial institution, but could I turn something around? Could I fix something? That's a different kind of muscle."
garrett johnson
"What I love about my job is figuring out how to use data and numbers to tell a story and be able to bring out that creative side of my personality."
Elizabeth Buchanan
"You can have protocols and data and use standard flow charts, but humans don't work that way. Patients need to be seen and heard."
Bobby reddy jr.
"I like working toward a common goal. Yes, there are wins and losses on negotiating points, but when I'm working on a project, everyone wants it to get done. Everyone wants to get to the finish line."
Katie Jahnke Dale
"Chicago is a city that has respect for making music, for connecting with music."
klaus Mäkelä
"I am sometimes in shock with where I am."