Marxe Spotlights
View the full archive of Marxe student, faculty, and alumni spotlights.

Akwasi Agyeman
Community Planning Fellow, Fund for the City of New York
“My experience in the MPA program so far has been eye-opening and transformative. What I’ve found is a supportive community that pushes me to connect what we learn to the real world.”

Julia Kaback
Graduate Research Assistant, MPA Candidate
“I decided to leave a nonprofit fundraising job to enroll at the Marxe School full time. It was a big leap and quite literally, I had found my deeper well. Looking back a year later, I’m glad I did it.”

Rinchen Lama
Human Resources Coordinator, MPA Candidate
“Marxe students are quite lucky with the professors we have teaching our courses.”

Sevara Ibragimova
Higher Education Administration Candidate
“My experience in the Marxe Higher Education Administration program has been incredibly rewarding. I’ve gained both theoretical knowledge and practical experience that have deepened my understanding of how higher education institutions function in the USA.”

Aura Jimenez, MPA Candidate
Executive Operations Manager at the Mayor’s Office of Equity & Racial Justice
“I believe that anyone who works in equity understands that an ongoing challenge is ensuring that people understand just what equity is, just how important equity is and also that it does impact everyone.”

Michael Lewan, MPA Alumnus
Founder of the New Democratic Coalition
“Baruch is a crazy quilt just a stone throw from Lady Liberty. Baruch is the story of America. The place where dreams are made, promises kept and obligations to the next generation honored.”