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A Sweet Ending

I came back to Penn State this Monday, immediately after submitting my thesis. I was very proud to finish. My workload since then has been extremely light. Feels like summer vacation started early. My priority between this past Monday and May 7th is spending quality...

My Personal Story

My parents met through a newspaper ad in 1995. My Mom paid for the advertisement in the Pittsburgh City Paper requesting a ‘Jewish Superman’. My Dad responded and 6 weeks later they were engaged. He immigrated to America from the Soviet Union in 1978 after unrelenting...

I am pro-Billionaire. Change my mind. 

Last week I wrote about the Robinhood Gamestop scandal and how I do not believe that hedge funds shorting a company, manipulating the market, and obsessing over short-term profits to make billions is ethical. I am writing this post to defend the means by which others...

The Keyper

College certainly had its ups and downs. There were times that I felt very alone. I was struggling to live without my long-term girlfriend and build a community at Penn State. I got mixed up in the wrong crowd and by the time I realized it, I thought I had missed the...

From Russia With Love

I am so thrilled to have received an offer from McKinsey’s Pittsburgh office on Friday.  My close friends and family have been congratulating me as if I did this alone. What I would like to bring attention to and share gratitude for is the sacrifices made by...

A weekend in Keating

I went up to Keating, PA this Friday. We drove for 90 minutes and passed nothing but Trump signs. I don’t understand the love for Trump. It’s like an identity. We stopped at a depressing restaurant. Everyone was nice. No one wore a mask. The nearest town,...

Back at LAX

I am currently on my way to Australia in the United terminal at LAX. The last time I was here was in March with PLA. Being here brings back memories from exactly 6 months ago. At the time, I was just becoming close with the now junior class. That trip to LA was...