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Gia Mar Ramos ’25 Featured in Inaugural Forbes Puerto Rico 30 Under 30 List
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Gia Mar Ramos ’25 was named to the first Forbes Puerto Rico Local 30 Under 30 List for empowering girls to pursue computer science.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/forbes-30-under-30/)
Gia Mar Ramos ’25 was named to the first Forbes Puerto Rico Local 30 Under 30 List for empowering girls to pursue computer science.
Joining the distinguished Cornell alumni recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 is Vanessa Sanchez ’16, a Ph.D. candidate who landed a spot on the prestigious list for her innovations in robotic textiles.
Every year, the Forbes 30 Under 30 list identifies the most promising young visionaries, and Cornellians almost always make an appearance. This year, it was Chiamaka Ijebuonwu ’20 and Jehron Petty ’20 who were named Forbes Under 30 “Scholars,” recognizing them as up-and-coming “leaders, founders, investors and creators,” according to its website.
Three years after graduating Cornell, Irene Li ’15 has already made it onto Forbes’ 30 Under 30. Li operates Street Kitchen, a food truck, and Mei Mei restaurant. Both business ventures are located in Boston and have an emphasis on sustainability and transparency.
“As stressful as everything will get, take a step back — that investment will help you move much more forward,” Green stated.
Twelve Cornell alumni were named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, an annual compilation of 600 of the “brightest young entrepreneurs, leaders and stars” in the U.S., according to Forbes.
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Svante Myrick’s ’09 placement on 30 Under 30 follows an election cycle that put him in the national spotlight. As the mayor of the city of Ithaca, he campaigned for Hillary Clinton and was recently named as Director of Youth Leadership Programs at People for the American Way — a liberal think-tank. As mayor, Myrick closed a $3 million deficit that he inherited and earned resounding support from Ithacans, winning 89 percent of the vote in his reelection in 2016. He also attracted controversy with his supervised heroin injection facility proposal last year. In response to his national fame, Myrick has stated that he remains committed to his job as mayor.
“I hope [my customers] will be able to see a new age of products, live more sustainably, and be better for the world,” he said.
“Cornell gave me time to explore a liberal arts education and gain a real sense of what I wanted to do, which was to go into education,” Baigelman said. “It led me to join Teach for America and gave me the opportunity to explore the field I am in now.”