Splash Biography
MACKENZIE ABERNETHY, Ecopreneur, startup adviser, creative contributor
Major: Entrepreneurhsip College/Employer: Harvard Business School Year of Graduation: 2025 |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
MacKenzie Abernethy loves the outdoors plus throwing picnics and potlucks to bring together groups of people to make new friends. At Brown University, she has written Social Studies textbooks and digital curriculum utilized by over 1/3 os U.S. secondary schools. At Harvard— she received two scholarships to the Kennedy School of Governance's Global Outreach Program; at the Business School she co-taught free, public courses on Generative AI with Entrepreneurial Management Professor Gosh. At MIT, she received a scholarship for Gen AI Research Training with J-PAL (Justice Poverty Action Lab). She's taught diverse students across ages 6-60 in the United States and abroad. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)A3115: Sincerely, Sweet Potato: Writing to Grow What You Love in Splash Spring 18 (Apr. 07, 2018)
If we truly write the story of our own lives, how can we do so with purpose? How can we practice our powers as creators of our own reality, both on and off the page?
Sincerely, Sweet Potato approaches writing with a curiosity towards what we wish for, alongside an appreciation for all that is already going well in our lives that we may not immediately recognize.
Through creative writing and the arts, we will notice and build upon people who choose to reframe their struggles or injustices in order to build new worlds and ways of being. Exercises will include collaborative creations and discussions, guided free writing, and learning how to find to our own intuitive voice.
Together, we will seek greater opportunities and courage to move towards our wildest dreams.
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