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Hope Svenson
MLIS, 2024
As of 2025, Hope was the Architecture & Design Project Archivist at the Oregon Historical Society.
Shobhit Verma
MSIM, 2024
As of 2025 Shobhit started a new job as a Software Engineer at Apple.
Ria Antony
Informatics, 2023
As of 2023, Ria was pursuing her master's in information management and systems at UC Berkeley.
Nikki Atienza
MLIS, 2023
As of 2024 Nikki became the first Teen Services Librarian at her branch. She was recognized as Employee of the Month for July for the whole library system and she attended her first ALA Annual this summer.
Alan Chan
Informatics, 2023
As of 2024, Alan was leading the HR Risk and Compliance team at Microsoft. Alan reports: "We partner with our HR stakeholders to enable strategic priorities through proactive risk consultations, audit support, access consulting, controls monitoring, and stakeholder engagement to mitigate existing and emerging risks."
Urvi Chaudhary
MSIM, 2023
In 2023, Urvi started her first full-time job as a data scientist at Lumen.
Maile Chung
MLIS, 2023
In 2023, Maile moved from Seattle to Los Angeles to work at the UCLA Libraries in its Preservation & Conservation department. She works in the audiovisual area, working with all types of formats, including tape cassettes, open-reel audios and VHS tapes.
Olivia Davis
MLIS, 2023
As of 2025, Olivia was a medical librarian at the Cleveland Clinic. She reports: "I never expected to end up in the health science world, but here I am! I am head of the Interlibrary Loan department, I am starting a quarterly newsletter, and have made strides to combat health misinformation/disinformation by creating easy to follow resources! I’m working towards getting my systematic review certification as well."
Riley del Fierro
MSIM, 2023
In 2023, Riley started a company that specializes in creating software solutions to help distribution businesses manage their pricing at scale and improve rates of customer retention. Riley reports: "We are called Pricesmith, and are slowly growing! We have four solutions so far related to price management and customer retention and are leaning heavily into the AI space. It has been an exciting journey with lots of great lessons learned! Would love to connect with other alumni that have started their own companies, or alumni that work for businesses that may benefit from one of our solutions."
Mei'lani Eyre
MLIS, 2023
As of 2023, Mei'lani was working as a librarian at South Seattle College, as well as an oral historian in Wa Na Wari's Seattle Black Spatial Histories Institute.