-: I think back on the person
who I was coming into Pomona
and then the person I was leaving Pomona
and the person I am now.
Those are all such different people.
There's obviously something in common with them,
but I really didn't know.
As confident as every 18-year-old is,
I really had no idea who I was or what I wanted to be.
I think the quality and care that Pomona puts in
to selecting every student is really apparent, even today.
I can run into someone at this reunion
who I never even really knew in college,
and know that
we've been both picked for our unique approach
and then trained in a way of thinking
that really is open to new possibilities
and not one-dimensional and structured.
So I still appreciate every interaction I have
with a Pomona alum,
and I actually find a lot of them in the field that I'm in.