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Having lived in two of the most populated cities in India, Durham could be considered an unusual choice for the location of my graduate school. However, I had heard great things about it.

Looking back, I gained a lot, not only from the program but from the entire experience of studying in a business school in a different country.

Before coming to Fuqua, I trained with a triathlon team in my home country of Mexico, and I wanted to continue being active in the sport while living in Durham.

From working in commercial finance at one of America’s leading multinational energy companies to getting first-hand experiential and immersive learning from the Strategy track of the MQM program, my decision to join Fuqua has undoubtedly been one of the best decisions I have made.

Ever since I was eight years old living in the dense cornfields of Greenwood, Indiana, I have never missed a nationally televised Duke Men’s Basketball game.

I was faced with the dilemma of choosing which track would be the best fit for me. As I read about the Forensics track, I was immediately drawn to it, as a good way to apply my interest in data analytics in a growing career field.

The past 18 months have been uniquely challenging, given the prolonged effects of the pandemic on workforce trends, but I’m pleased to say the MQM class of 2021 persisted and achieved a strong set of outcomes.

Strategy, finance, forensics, or marketing? This was the same question that troubled me as I went through the application process at Fuqua.

I wanted to know exactly how I could evaluate financial data with analytics tools, but I lacked finance knowledge.