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...friends call me the volunteer whore,” says Kamilah O. Dixon ’05. A pre-med biology concentrator from Lowell House, Dixon hails from Long Island, NY and is as ambitious and focused on a career in the nonprofit world as many of her peers are who have their eyes on the money. Her resume of volunteer work is impressive, with experience in several programs under her belt and a head full of ideas for new services Harvard can offer the world...
...During her junior year, instead of taking the MCATs and applying to medical school, Dixon made the critical decision of postponing her plans of being a doctor and taking the road less traveled—nonprofit work, “in the long run, I want to go into medicine, but in the mean time, I don’t want to miss out on anything. I really love community service...
Being a site coordinator for Science Clubs for Girls, an after-school program, has given Dixon a taste for nonprofit work with the added bonus of a paycheck. This made the previously hardcore, science-oriented Dixon realize that she could do what she truly loves—while also making a living out of it. And she doesn’t ven need a medical degree...
Dixon’s first stab at breaking into the world of nonprofit will be Teach for America. Although she completed her application last week, she still has concerns that the selectivity of the program might keep her from working in inner-city public schools with the support of a program. The Peace Corps has also piqued her interest, but with an older brother moving to Switzerland and a sister living in Japan, Dixon’s family-her mother in particular-has expressed some concerns, “all of her children are just leaving the country...
...always been somewhat politically oriented,” he says, “but [the Madison summit] inspired me to go hard with it.” After that event, Tef signed up with America Coming Together (ACT), a nonprofit working to elect John Kerry. Along with several musicians he has worked with, Tef has begun to help local groups reach out to African-American voters and to younger voters...