During my year in between undergrad and graduate school, one of my side gigs was editing my friend’s grad school papers. She attained her Master’s in Leadership and Management and one of her papers really stood out to me because it discussed the paradigm shift between older generations and Millennials’ work-life balance practices. According to her research, Millennials put a greater emphasis...
Katya Murillo
International Education Development, M.S.Ed.
Political Science & Spanish, B.A. Whittier CollegeI was born and raised in the suburbs of southern California where I was so lucky to have grown up with Disneyland, the beach, the mountains, and the dessert all less than a two hour drive away in any direction. One of my favorite parts about living in SoCal, though, was being a "short" 6 hour drive from my family in Baja California, Mexico, who we visited several times a year. I received my BA in Political Science from a small liberal arts school in Whittier, California. During my time at Whittier, I had the opportunity to study abroad for a semester in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. While there, I volunteered teaching English at a school for the blind and visually impaired. After graduation, I worked as a coordinator for a college outreach program for first-generation college bound students at my alma mater. It was then that I decided to pursue my master's degree and Penn was the place for me. I knew Penn would give me the opportunity to further expand my critical knowledge, develop tactical skills in my field, and provide an expansive network.
Posts by Katya Murillo
Monday, January 29, 2018
It’s mid-January and Spring semester is almost in full swing. Looking back at registration, I have pretty much a completely different schedule than what I imagined I would have. I went back and forth to my advisor, asking what she thought about this and that class—lucky for me, she is a great advisor and was incredibly patient with all my questions.
You see, I am only at Penn for one...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
I have to be honest, my decision to, first, apply and then attend to Penn was a bit serendipitous. As you recall, I am from Southern California, and I am also a first-generation college student. My parents have always been incredibly encouraging and proudof dreams. They do their best to help me in any way they can, but because they have no experience with what I went and am currently going...
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Being a full-time student, it makes it a little more difficult to spend your free time getting to know the city instead of sleeping and binge-watching Netflix. Nevertheless, you have to make time for what matters in graduate school, and sometimes that means prioritizing happy hour and karaoke night.
In the beginning of the semester, one of the ladies in my cohort introduced us to Howl at...
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Hi everyone! My name is Katya Murillo, a southern California native. Honestly, growing up in SoCal, I never thought I would want to leave, I mean who would when you have Disneyland, the beach, the mountains, and the dessert all less than a two-hour drive away in any direction? Plus, my favorite part about living in SoCal was being a "short" 6-hour drive from my family in Baja California,...