Today's New York Times featured an extensive profile of Rachel Simmons, Vassar Class of 1996. Simmons, a Political Science major at Vassar, graduated Phi Beta Kappa and won a Rhodes Scholarship (one of only 32 Americans that year) to attend graduate school at Oxford University. She was also editor of The Miscellany News, Vassar's student newspaper since 1866.
The Times profile discusses her incredible career -- first as an Urban Fellow in Mayor Giuliani's administration in New York City, then as Deputy Finance Director to Senator (then Congressman) Charles Schumer. Since then, Simmons has achieved fame in educational circles for her books and workshops on adolescent development. The article focuses on her Girls Leadership Institute, a "camplike" program aimed at boosting confidence and leadership in young women.
Finance, politics, education, publishing -- quite the renaissance student. The epitome of Vassar.
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