Advice from Alumni

In the summer of 2020, four Macalester students participated in a project interviewing Macalester alumni working in health-related professions.

While working remotely and using zoom as their primary form of communication, these students – Emelie Beattie ’21, Brian Zou ’22, Sam Hochberger ’21 and Katherine Podoll ’21 – completed these interviews as part of a larger project to make health professions advising resources more abundant and accessible for Macalester students.

This 3-part series captures key advice and reflections from these alumni. The full interviews are also available below.

Full alumni interviews

• Rich Albrecht ’01, PA-C, physician assistant
• Jessica Beattie ’89, MA, LMFT, psychotherapist
• Hayley Berra ’12, MSW, IMH-E, parent-child and program coordinator
• Charlie Cosimini ’09, DVM, veterinarian
• Janna Cuneo ’04, FNP-BC, AAHIVS, family nurse practitioner, HIV clinical specialist
• Amy Hagstrom Miller ’89, Founder and CEO, Whole Woman’s Health
• Xu Han ’10, MS, DDS, pediatric dentist
• Emily Hawes-Van Pelt ’00, MD, obstetrician/gynecologist
• Jen (Lee) Hundevad ’09, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapist
• Kristina Krohn ’05, MD, internal medicine and pediatric hospitalist
• Chidyaonga Shalita ’17, medical student (M2)
• Jess Vaughan ’12, BSN, DNP, CNM, certified nurse midwife