Design Your Life Course + Class + Event

I designed and led a course called Design Your Life based off of Stanford's Design Your Life course for ambitious, intentional, and creative Caltech undergraduate juniors and seniors who were looking for support in their transition out of college. The course involved developing a design mindset, understanding one's life story, and building a coherent + fulfilling career narrative moving forward. Students presented their conclusions and lessons in a final Poster Presentation + Mentor Matching Event.

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Class Reviews

  • "This course has given me the opportunity to think a lot more about where I want to be 1, 5, 10, etc. years down the road. Before, I somewhat drifted through life towards these concrete but vague goals, but now I have a much firmer idea of how to approach"

    Anon Student

  • "I no longer believe that this career planning stuff is a waste of time. I did these types of programs in high school which consisted of career quizzes and similar types of activities and thought they were confusing and made me confused. I always thought I would be uncertain and just go with the flow, but now I realize that I do have control and a voice over what I want to do."

    Anon Student

  • "Anna was a really good facilitator and made sure everyone felt comfortable and included in the class. It was clear she was very enthusiastic about her work and that was inspiring. She was always willing to offer help and support if any of us got stuck on anything."

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  • "I was able to get advice from professionals in different fields. This allowed me to figure out major flaws and shortcomings of each of my vague career plans and develop ones that made more sense. I was also able to more concretely develop a list of things that I am looking for in my post-grad life."

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  • "Anna's passion about the class and how she showed how much she cared about us really made me feel like I was in a safe space and I could trust her to guide us. In turn, I took the class very seriously and ended up gaining a lot from it."

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  • "I no longer believe that I am limited to one career for the rest of my life or that I need to be optimizing for a single thing (money, career advancement, leisure, etc.). There is probably a way to incorporate everything I enjoy into my life in the future. Relatedly, I no longer believe it is useful to try and meticulously plan out every step of a career, because designing a career is more of a trial and error process."

    Anon Student

  • "Through paying attention to what "sparked" me, I realized I'm a simple gal who just enjoys finding out how one thing works, and leveraging what I learned to create something I never thought I could. When the ratio between learning and doing is 20:80, I tend to enjoy it the most."

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  • "While obviously people who are struggling with where to take their career/personal life next (either because something forced them to change their path or they never knew in the first place) will benefit the most, I feel like people who are very rigidly following a pre-planned path would also benefit, because life never goes as planned and they need to be prepared to deal with any unexpected that comes up."

    Anon Student

  • "I let go of the belief that I'm someone who'd always rather let other people have the say, and realized I have opinions and thoughts too. I no longer believe that I can't decide on what I enjoy doing, I think now that there's a unifying aspect of all art, math, and programming."

    Anon Student

  • "I now believe that there are so many exciting directions I could take my life. That is thanks to getting the chance to hear about the winding direction other people's lives have taken and seeing how they were able to not just survive, but be very happy, having gone a direction they could have never imagined themselves taking."

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  • "I no longer believe that my life, both career and personal, has to follow this strict and narrow path. After getting rejected from grad school, I felt like I just pivoted from one narrow path (undergrad -> grad) to another narrow path (undergrad -> work for a couple years -> grad). I was under a lot of stress due to this mindset because I felt like if I didn't get a job that would then help me get into a good grad school, I would be a complete failure."

    Anon Student

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