Ignacia Ulloa Peters

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College

“Chilena that wholeheartedly believes in business’ capacity to transform the world for the better.”

Hometown: Santiago, Chile

Fun Fact About Yourself: My dad and I spent a month on a motorcycle together in Alaska and northwestern Canada just before the start of senior year of college!

Undergraduate School and Major: University of Notre Dame, Sociology and Economics

Most Recent Employer and Job Title: The Atlantic Council, Associate Director

What has been your first impression of the Tuck MBA students and alumni you’ve met so far. Tell us your best Tuck story so far. The support and guidance that Tuckies offer each other is unlike anything I’ve experienced before. They are incredibly selfless with their time and always willing to provide mentorship, help give body to an idea, prep for interviews, and so much more. When I committed to joining Tuck, I almost immediately started receiving emails and calls from current and former Tuck students offering their time to talk about the program, internships, life in the Upper Valley, or general career direction. I felt like I was part of the community before even stepping foot on campus.

Aside from your classmates, what was the key part of Dartmouth Tuck’s MBA programming that led you to choose this business school and why was it so important to you? Tuck’s Center for Business, Government, and Society! I decided to come to business school because I wanted to better understand the role that businesses can play in the development of social and environmentally impactful initiatives, and the Center focuses on just that. It does an incredible job of providing students with opportunities to explore issues at the intersection of government, business, and society. The Center also offers experiential learning opportunities such as the Nonprofit Board Fellows program, which partners students with local nonprofits to experience ethical and socially responsible business in practice.

What excites you the most about coming to live in Hanover? What is the one activity you can’t wait to do? Anything and everything outdoors! During our summer term, we spent most days swimming, kayaking, canoeing, and standup paddling on the Connecticut River. As soon as the leaves started turning, I bought a used gravel bike and have been using it to explore the fall foliage across the Upper Valley and joined some Tuck Community Rides—an opportunity to spend time with classmates, professors, and Tuck staff outside of daily academics. With winter around the corner, I plan to spend as much time as possible skiing. Having such amazing access to the outdoors was a fundamental part of my decision in picking Tuck.

What course, club or activity excites you the most at Dartmouth Tuck? I’m a part of LABA, the Latin American Business Association here at Tuck. Not only is the group a blast to spend time with, but each member is a powerhouse! I’ve been so impressed by their backgrounds and accomplishments to-date. Spending a few years learning from each other is a true blessing. I know that these people will stay in my life for years after Tuck.

Describe your biggest accomplishment in your career so far: Before Tuck, I worked in foreign policy in Washington D.C. During my time there, I got the chance to experience impact on a micro and macro level, both within the United States and across Latin America and the Caribbean. One of my biggest accomplishments to-date was seeing research we produced be cited by Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs during a public meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The immediate response we received from policymakers across Latin America demonstrated the importance and impact of the work we spent so much time producing.

What do you hope to do after graduation (at this point)? In the short term, I hope to go into consulting. I want to learn as much as I can about industries that I have limited prior experience in and leverage the skills I collect there for my long-term aspirations of working in social impact.

What advice would you give to help potential applicants gain admission into Dartmouth Tuck’s MBA program? Tuckies love Tuckies. Our success comes from a genuine interest in helping each other reach shared and individual goals. Demonstrating your commitment to contributing to this aspect of the Tuck experience is incredibly important. The best way to figure out what you can get from this community and how you can give back is by talking to people in it! I highly recommend you reach out to people with different interests and backgrounds. If you can truly see yourself being a part of the community and contributing selflessly to it, I don’t doubt that the admissions committee will see it too!

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