Alumni Voices

I am currently in the last year of my Masters in Counseling at Northwestern University. I have submitted doctoral applications for clinical psychology programs, and I am currently studying for the National Counselor Exam and applying for licensure as an LPC in the state of Illinois. I currently work as an intern crisis counselor at a high school north of Chicago. Additionally, I have been working as a research assistant at Feinberg Medical School, and recently served as a facilitator of a pilot trial for a therapy group for young adult cancer survivors. 

Following graduating from The Post Oak School in 2016, I attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. I graduated in May of 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Communication Studies. Following graduation, I moved back to Houston and currently work at South Texas College of Law Houston as the Coordinator of Advancement and Alumni Engagement. This position allows me to assist with a variety of special projects in alumni events, fundraising, and donor relations. I credit Post Oak’s High School for teaching me to take advantage of opportunities outside the classroom, and during college I took on extracurriculars and internships that allowed me to find my passion in development work at nonprofit organizations.

Since graduating from Post Oak’s High School, I’ve been working towards completing my bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering at Colorado School of Mines. Though I’ve been working through coursework alongside my peers, I’ve also had the opportunity to be involved in hands-on work in the field, including being an engineering intern at a general contractor named Granite Construction for the summer following both my freshman and sophomore years. I’ve also been active in clubs and organizations around campus, including our professional civil engineering chapter, which has been a great networking opportunity. Having just completed my first semester as a Junior at Colorado School of Mines, I am incredibly excited to be working at SpaceX as a Launch Operations Intern this spring.

After graduating with honors from Babson College, I went and worked for a Fortune 500 company Wayfair in Boston for about a year before making the switch to a real estate private equity firm based in Texas. Inspired by the private equity space, I have recently endeavored to launch my own firm, which focuses on real estate-centric businesses in Texas and SMEs in emerging markets.

Hi y’all, my name is Charlie McGill, class of 2021 at Post Oak. I just started my freshman year at Wesleyan University, where I'm studying Economics and History (at least currently). Because the transition to college can be difficult, I took the first semester to adjust to the social and academic spheres of Wes. I was very involved in campus athletics, playing on club and intramural basketball teams. I spent a huge amount of time in various group tutoring sessions and having discussions with my professors (I went to A LOT of office hours). My favorite classes this past semester were “Regulation and Antitrust” and “Philosophy and the Movies: The Past on Film.” In the spring, I'm planning on getting involved in a number of political organizations and writing op-eds on current economic and cultural issues for Wesleyan’s newspaper.

I'm really excited to be participating in Alumni Voices and seeing everyone at Post Oak!

I graduated Post Oak in 2020 and have since been attending Trinity University as a Computer Science Major.

Post Oak taught me to explore opportunities in myself as well as my surroundings. Since graduating I have continued to pursue personal projects, self driven learning, and internships just as I had during my junior and senior years at The Post Oak School. What was emphasized the most is a true appreciation for learning, which was nurtured at Post Oak and continues to drive me in my current studies.

I’m currently in my freshman year at Bucknell majoring in electrical engineering. I’ll be on the board of Hillel in the spring and will head back early to start rehearsals for the spring play, Electra, where I’ll be the male swing. In the meantime, I am also in Calvin and Hobbes, which is a sobriety club that plays a lot of board games and role playing games. I’m really enjoying my time there so far.

Hi, my name is Anna Theriot and I graduated in 2021. I go to Houston Community College now after figuring out that Colorado State University’s program didn't really work for me. I plan to study either automotive technology or animal science.

I graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, MN, with a major in Biology and a pre-med focus in June 2021. After graduating, I moved to Washington, DC, to pursue research in a neuro-oncology fellow position at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). I currently work to conduct translational neuro-immunology research aimed at elucidating mechanisms of brain cancer response and resistance to treatment and therapy, and I am applying to medical school this upcoming cycle for hopeful matriculation in the fall of 2023. While not in lab or studying for the MCAT, I am pursuing arts and volunteer opportunities, and I am both an intern and exhibiting artist at the Washington Printmakers Gallery.