Women Investing In Women

Kim Sloan

Class of: 2021

Hometown: Hot Springs, Arkansas

Major: Learning Sciences, minor is Computer Science

Why I Chose Northwestern:

I wanted to be near Chicago, I love the color purple, and the campus felt like home when I visited.

Campus Activities and organizations:

Chapin Humanities Residential College (President, 2018-2019), Associated Student Government

What I plan to do after graduation:

Teach, then work in elementary curriculum/resource design with a focus on how technology is changing and impacting the learning process.

How being a WEAA Scholar has made a difference in my undergraduate experience:

Often at Northwestern I can begin to feel isolated or hopeless as a student from a low-income background but once a quarter, when I am able to meet with WEAA peers and mentors, I am immersed in resilience, support, and love. It reminds me so much that I am not alone, that there is hope, and that many powerful women have gone before me and made beautiful impacts on the world around them.

At a more monetary level, WEAA has been the reason I could pay for my textbooks, the reason I could take off work during finals week to study, and the reason I was able to make the down-payment to sign my lease for my current apartment. This organization has provided so much more fiscal stability than I’d have otherwise.