Lesley University

It was right by Fenway.

It was owned by Lesley University.

And now Lesley has just completely absorbed it.

But at least when I was there, it was still in the Fenway area.

Yep.

I remember I took this girl on a date when I was in college, and she went to Lesley College.

So I went to see, I said, well, this band's playing, this big, you know, this orchestra's playing.

I want to go see it.

She's participated in readings with Grub Street, Cambridge Common Writers, the International Women's Writing Guild, and the Dylan Thomas Summer School in Wales.

She also earned her MFA in creative writing from Lesley University, and this past May published her first book, Grace Notes, a musical memoir, a collection of autobiographical stories exploring music, relationships, and the experiences that shape a life.

When we were corresponding about today's conversation, Katie said something that really caught my attention.

She was talking about different identities and how sometimes we really live them and sometimes we just live with them.

I was going to say, I think it's best to say that all of it was written by Katie, who's always been a writer.

But, you know, when I started writing it, so it was, I did a pandemic MFA in creative writing.

And I toyed with the idea of doing, you know, living down the street from Lesley University in Cambridge, which had, and sadly I say had, because they've shuttered the low residency creative writing program.

Oh no.

She went back to school to get her master's degree.

And she got it from Leslie University.

She got her master's in music education.

Okay.

She founded and facilitates a comprehensive social, emotional learning, SEL training methodology for adults, parents, clinicians, and academic professionals on how to develop critical self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship building, and responsible decision-making skills in themselves and others.

She wrote a book called Why Will No One Play With Me? She earned her undergraduate degree at Trinity College and a master's of education, early childhood development from Lesley University.

She's got a private practice and does all sorts of cool things.

So welcome aboard, Carolyn.

Yeah.

So about 1986, I'm at Lesley University getting a master's degree in sound healing.

I've got a pile of papers about Yo-Hi that are different systems of using sound and music for healing.

And I come from a family of doctors, father, brother, grandfather, medical doctors.

Katie joined MIT back in 2011 with the launch of the executive MBA, where she managed the EMBA Student Life and Learning team, and later served as Senior Associate Director of Admissions.

She holds a BS in recreation management tourism from Arizona State University, and an MA in intercultural relations from Lesley University.

Welcome to the Clear Admit podcast, Katie.

It's great to see you.

I had, like, slowly kind of gotten into it throughout college where I'd go to different thrift stores around the Cambridge area.

I was going to Lesley University in Cambridge.

Um, so I would go, like, The Garment District in Kendall Square in Cambridge was one of the first places that I was-

Yeah

She pursued counseling studies to a greater understanding of these matters.

She holds a BA and MA in history from Boston University, a PhD in international affairs from Tufts University, Tufts University's Fletcher School, and an MA in clinical mental health counseling from Lesley University.

She is the author of Reckoning with the Past, Teaching History in Northern Ireland.

Welcome, Margaret.