Meet our graduates: Poorva Bhalerao (MS '25)
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October 7, 2025. Interviewed by Lindsey Akin. Audio edited for length and clarity.
Dabbling and Discovery
Poorva discusses how a lifetime spent dabbling in different areas of interest and a desire to not get comfortable being too comfortable led her to seek independence in a new country and position herself to pivot to a career spent discovering the best ways to solve problems.
This episode of our podcast, Stanford MS&E: Stories & Voices, is part of our series, Graduating Student Profiles, that shares stories of our students as they prepare to launch their post-MS&E careers.
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