Early Career Profiles:
Recent bachelors-level graduates in the mathematical sciences

Eliana Hechter

Name: Eliana Hechter Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington Position: Graduate Student and Rhodes Scholar Company/Employer: University of Oxford Industry Sector: Education

What she does:

• Eliana is a full-time graduate student in mathematics.

Eliana's background:

• Eliana received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, from the University of Washington, Spring 2006.
• It is a long story on how Eliana came to major in mathematics. The shortended version is she started in computational biology, took a course with an amazing professor who taught a pure mathematics class, and never came back from learning more math.

Advice for students:

• Eliana says don't listen to any requirements. Pursue your interests and hope that it will result in a degree in the end.

University of Washington   |   Department of Mathematics