b'4Reach New HeightsWHY COLLEGE?Making the decision to attend college is one of the most important choices you will makeit will impactthe rest of your life and your familys future. As you decide on the right course for you, we invite you tohear about these students personal experiences. It definitely helped meland my first job in thetechnology industry.Jackie MoriniereThe Episcopal Academy, Class of 2008Swarthmore College, Class of 2012,B.A., Russian Studies Drexel University, Class of 2016,M.S., Higher Education AdministrationUniversity of Pennsylvania, Senior Associate Director of Employer RelationsMoriniere Consulting LLC, Founder and Career Strategist Ben QuanI believe my liberal arts education allowed The Haverford School, Class of 2015me to be truly intellectually curious and Lehigh University, Class of 2019, study topics that might not easily connectB.A., Cognitive Scienceto a career, which is a great privilege. Vertiq, Software Engineer I was able to focus on developing criticalI always believed that earning a collegethinking skills and analytical skills that degree was going to be part of mywould make me successful in a wide varietyeducational journey. I wanted to be theof career paths. I feel very strongly that myfirst person in my family to go to collegechallenging education equipped me to be and be a good example for my youngerimpactful and a strong contributor in a siblings. I continued pursuing a collegemultitude of spaces and that is a superpower. degree because I found my classes veryinteresting and enjoyed participating indifferent clubs. I was fortunate to be able to switch my majors and better understand analytical skills that wouldwhich field I wanted to study. It definitely make me successful in a helped me land my first job in the technologyindustry. I also value the relationships wide variety of career paths. I formed while attending college.'