Candidate:

Mx. ADHD

About Me:

Creative start-upper doing MBA to form top-down leadership support for the 30% of entrepreneurs who are neurodivergent.

Lawyer, big career gap for disabilities, escaped domestic abuse. Fell into start up with Oxford friend- a mess but liked business! Retrained as a project manager. Scrappy, intense, love it.

Schools:

Target School: Stanford GSB

Considering: Berkeley Haas, Cambridge Judge

See More Profiles For: Stanford GSB

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Oxford

Undergrad Major: Psychology

GPA: 3.7

GRE: 340

Age: 30, Ethnicity: Asian or Indian

Other Degree/Certification: Graduate Diploma in Law, Legal Practice Course

Extracurriculars: Volunteer teacher in Nepal, student committee and intern at a meta-charity, access and outreach volunteer | 8y of disability rights advocacy in english and french | Plays, student union arts officer, student union women's officer, long distance hiking, environmental activism

Work History:

Title: Executive Director

Industry: Retail

Company: Start-Up

Length of Employment: 2 yrs, 2 mos

Big Life Wins:

– Obtained national accelerator support in current role
– Advocacy helped 100k access ADHD/autism diagnoses
– Launched viral board game now in 30+ languages
– Oxford most successful student-alumni fundraiser to date
– Fung scholarship to Hong Kong Education University
– Spoke at parliament, changed law for survivors of sexual violence

Post MBA Goal:

– Overarching: Build ExecEd program for neurodivergent leaders with Stanford Neurodiversity Project.
– Short: Establish market position, credibility, strategy. Disability alum network. Podcasting, conferencing.
– Medium: Funding, piloting. PhD? Write a book?
– Long: Hand over, create an org like Forte for disabilities.