Category:  Jobs & Career
Tell us about your journey with TFA and what you learned about the challenges/opportunities in improving US education. 

Growing up in the rural South and having gone to a low-performing public school, I understood a small part of the challenge but had no idea about the immense scope of the problem in our country. Teaching in an urban area, the issues looked a bit different from what I experienced growing up, but the main challenges – limited resources, complacency, low expectations – were the same. I learned that there is no silver-bullet answer to solving this massive problem but that what must happen is for leaders across sectors to recognize they can and should be part of the ongoing solution process.
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Tell us a bit about each of your backgrounds, your interest in social enterprise and why you decided to get involved with SECON?

Jocelyn : I attended SECON 2010 as an HBS admit, and was blown away. I met interesting people who were passionate about solving social problems, heard skeptical voices and cautionary tales, and learned about innovative business models around the globe. My finance background is fairly traditional for HBS and very unconventional for HKS. I love SECON because it bridges both sides of the river. An added side benefit has been getting to know our amazing leadership team – since we all have similar interests, three of us were interning in East Africa this summer and managed to travel together!
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