MBA
United States
Education
2018-19
Before joining the MBA program at Saïd, “Ms. Laura” taught preschool for the District of Columbia Public Schools. She is also a former senior intrapreneur and leader of the US Changemaker Schools Network at Ashoka. Laura is passionate about expanding access to high quality early childhood education and family support.
College: Green Templeton
Posted by: Laura White on May 31, 2019
In the second blog I wrote for Saïd Business School, I wrote about how helpful portfolios are to maintain a growth mindset. I am a huge portfolio advocate because they allow people to collect pictures, papers, and other evidence of how much they’ve grown over a period of time. In the spirit of encouraging the […]
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Posted by: Laura White on December 19, 2018
Twinkling Christmas lights and holiday cheer all around have prompted me to think about my most magical moments at Oxford so far. While these moments were easy to identify, it surprised me that the most serendipitous opportunities that I encountered were not a part of my classes, clubs, or regularly scheduled activities. Our MBA schedules […]
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Posted by: Laura White on October 26, 2018
“If the hat factory runs for 6 months, the cycle time is 7 minutes, and there are 800 hats made per day, how many hats are waiting in inventory?” Every day, I’m confronted with questions like this one: questions that force me to think differently than how I’ve thought before. As a former early childhood […]
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Posted by: Laura White on October 4, 2018
Q1. In one word, how would your best friend describe you, and how would you manager describe you? Best friend: Kind Manager: Self-Starter Q2. Tell us about where you have come from and what has led you to Oxford. I am originally from Atlanta, GA in the US, but have more recently been living in […]
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