{"id":6003,"date":"2019-01-21T08:44:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T13:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/admissions\/?p=6003"},"modified":"2019-03-19T11:26:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T15:26:10","slug":"career-spotlight-second-year-student-ximena-velez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/admissions\/2019\/01\/21\/career-spotlight-second-year-student-ximena-velez\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Spotlight: Second Year Student, Ximena Velez!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>We hope you are having a great MLK Day! Ximena Velez, &#8217;19,<\/em><em>\u00a0is from Santa Cruz, Bolivia (by way of\u00a0 Washington, D.C.), and she recently accepted a Product Manager role at Starbucks. We recently caught up with Ximena to chat more about her job search and why she chose Darden.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What job did you accept?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"has-dropcap\">P<\/span>roduct Manager at Starbucks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your background before coming to Darden?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Strategy consulting at Kaiser Associates, a boutique firm in Washington, D.C..<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you choose Darden?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visiting Darden made my decision an easy one. I knew that wherever I decided to attend business school I would get good career opportunities, interesting courses and global experiences. The sense of community I felt when I visited Darden was different than other schools. You see it inside the classroom and beyond\u2014the community is strong and I wanted to be at a place where I could feel at home and build new relationships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How has your experience been?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amazing! I\u2019ve learned more than I ever anticipated, learned from amazing professors, traveled and\u00a0formed friendships that will last a lifetime. Darden is truly a transformative experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you think Darden prepared you for the role you accepted? Anything you think helped differentiate you in the application process?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve told my friends that without Darden\u2019s core curriculum, I would have failed at my internship. I was applying things I had learned in finance, operations, marketing and more, and my role really required that I understand all of these areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What advice would you give prospective students considering Darden?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Come visit and experience the classroom, join First Coffee, walk around grounds, talk to students. Business school is more than just the job you\u2019re going to get after graduating. 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