To celebrate Women's History Month (March) and International Women's Day (March 8), here are 12 notable quotes from the MIT Sloan alumnae community.

Nayelli Garcia Avalos, SFMBA '22, is a marketing professional with international expertise, notably spending 14 years rising through the ranks at Nestlé. Following her time at Nestlé, Nayelli founded Monbaby Latin America in 2018, a successful wearable technology startup.

The extended MIT Sloan alumni community had many unique stories to tell this year.

The energy of the MIT Sloan alumnae community was palpable in 2022.

Invited guests attended a special event at the new MIT Museum location in Kendall Square in early December.

Tarun Walia, SFMBA '22, is a biotech consultant from Ambala, India who is now working at McKinsey as an associate partner.

How do you make and sell products that lead to business profitability—without further damaging the environment? Janelle Heslop, LGO ’19, didn’t just tackle this in her graduate thesis at MIT. She’s planning on making a career out of it. 

Frank Finelli, SM ’86, and student veterans discuss the importance of supporting one another professionally, financially, and emotionally.

On the same day the MIT Corporation named Sally Kornbluth as the Institute’s 18th president, the long-awaited MIT Sloan Women’s Conference commenced in Cambridge.

Candice Creecy, SFMBA ’22, is a consultant at McKinsey & Company focusing on life sciences and healthcare. She's also an emergency medicine physician assistant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.