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Sadasia McCutchen '13 Technology and Lifestyle 4 3 T R E V O R D AY S C H O O L ■ S P R I N G 20 1 7 – 2 0 1 8 What are your passions? What makes me tick is tech—I love technology! And coupled with that is entrepreneurship, with which I'm fascinated. I learned at Trevor to chase after an idea, and answers. I am also interested in lifestyle. I got into mindfulness at Trevor through dance and yoga. at has blossomed into an interest in thinking of ways to create balance in my life, and building a healthy lifestyle. Lately, I've gotten back into dance. I'm also passionate about criminal justice reform. I've combined all of these passions into a current project. In college, I created a business called Cocobee—it's a lifestyle start-up, in which we manufacture all-natural skin-care products. I'm working through the business model, and combining that with my interest in criminal justice reform. I want to lead mindfulness workshops that promote clarity and gratitude, and create the opportunity for formerly incarcerated women to use the workshops as a platform to get back on track, stabilize their lives, and earn some money. Using our channels, we'll create these products, and the women will have our clients to sell them to. Using the mindfulness model is a way of rehabilitating them. At Google, as part of Google Giving, I help people in local prisons with writing. It allows me to keep giving, stay informed, and combine all of my passions. Outside of Google, I'm developing my business plan, and meeting with key contributors here in San Francisco. ere are many groups who are actively developing new work concepts for formerly incarcerated people, so I am always meeting with new people. How did Trevor prepare you for college, and for real life? Trevor taught me to be a go-getter, to be comfortable navigating ambiguity. At my former school, we all knew each other from Kindergarten to 8th grade. en, I enrolled at Trevor and was able to create myself anew. I learned that I'm a people person; so, I ran for student council. Trevor helped me identify the When did you begin at Trevor? Freshman year. I went to a very small parochial school in the Bronx, called essalonia Academy. In choosing Trevor, I definitely wanted to preserve that small-community feel, and be in a place where I could be myself, and feel comfortable. Choosing Trevor for high school was a decision that I made on my own, trusting myself to make the right choice. Was Trevor a significant factor in your choosing to go to Wesleyan University? Absolutely. Just as I chose Trevor by trusting my own instincts, I also chose Wesleyan that way. It's an example of listening to myself, to know what will make me happy. e uniqueness of having attended Trevor is that you learn to talk to people who others might feel intimidated by— like professors. I did that daily at Trevor! We had to, as we sat together in e Center. My experience at Trevor directly led to my decision to go to Wesleyan. Plus, there was a senior in my freshman year at Trevor—I was in her Choreolab dance and I admired her so much. She went to Wesleyan, which made me want to consider it. What work are you doing now? I work at Google. I love it. I'm always learning, always asking questions. I have so many opportunities to hop on a project that looks interesting. My job is all about identifying processes that we have, in how we hire, engage, and manage risk for the contingent workforce—meaning the temps, vendors, and contractors at Google. I meet with leaders to identify risk in our procedures, and facilitate change in processes. It's super cool; no two days are alike, and I'm constantly learning.

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