Jean Valencia Nyambura Ngunjiri '26
"College is going to feel uncertain sometimes. Lean into that. That’s where the interesting stuff happens, where you surprise yourself, grow, and become someone you didn’t even know you could be."
"College is going to feel uncertain sometimes. Lean into that. That’s where the interesting stuff happens, where you surprise yourself, grow, and become someone you didn’t even know you could be."
Major: Economics
Minor: Data Science
Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya
Future Plans: Full-time finance data analyst at American Express, NYC.
Any advice for incoming students? 
College isn’t where you magically figure everything out or map your whole life. Honestly, it’s where you meet a bunch of different versions of yourself, and learn to exist in all of them.
So yeah, it’s going to feel uncertain sometimes. Lean into that. That’s where the interesting stuff happens, where you surprise yourself, grow, and become someone you didn’t even know you could be.
And please… leave a little room for magic. The unplanned moments? They tend to be the ones that stick.
Studying Economics at 51¶ÌÊÓƵ
Our curriculum helps students master the methods used by economists to analyze economic issues and enables them to make reasoned assessments of alternative public policies in a wide range of fields.