In our alumni spotlight series, learn about Harvard graduates' most meaningful experiences from college, and how Harvard impacted their professional and personal paths after graduation.

Hometown & Current City: College Station, TX

House Affiliation: North

Concentration and Secondary Field: English

Current Job Title/Company or organization: Presiding Judge, College Station Municipal Court

What was your professional path after college? Medical School, high school teacher, law school, attorney, prosecutor and now presiding judge

What fills your time now? Professionally and otherwise? Being a full-time judge and teaching other judges around the state and country occasionally

How did your academic experience at Harvard guide you in your post-grad pursuits? It taught me to ask many questions and pursue what I love

Did you have any research/internship opportunities and/or professor/mentor relationships that were influential? Professor Coles was very influential as a physician who loved literature

What was a favorite class you took and why? Robert Cole’s’ Gen Ed Class on the literature of self reflection because it linked literature to how to lead a good life

What were you involved in extracurricularly? Writing for the newspaper, intramural, Phillips brooks house volunteering

How did your extracurricular activities impact your Harvard experience? And have they had an impact on your post-grad life? Taught me the value of people and volunteer work

What is a favorite memory of Harvard House life? Eating dinner in the dining halls

What is your favorite Harvard tradition and why? Finding out what House you are going to live in.  Excitement over the unknown

What advice do you have for someone applying to college? Seek a wide path of interests and meet as many people as you can handle