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20 Alumni Stories - Nathan Kim
Season 7 · Episode 13

20 Alumni Stories - Nathan Kim

Nathan Kim enrolled at Cambridge in its founding year in 2006 and graduated with the class of 2020. He went on to study economics at Gordon College and now works as an implementation specialist at Epic Systems in Madison, Wisconsin. But the most formative part of his story has less to do with where he ended up than with what it took to get there. Nathan didn't have an easy run of it. There were years where the distance between who he was and who Cambridge was forming him to become seemed impossibly incongruous. What closed that gap wasn't a single turning point but the steady presence of teachers who pursued him with patient care, who asked enduring questions, and who came alongside him through trying seasons. Through daily effort alongside trusted mentors, Nathan nurtured a resilience that he would carry well beyond graduation, one that continues to serve him in college, in the workplace, and in life. In his resilience, his love of learning, and his ability to engage people from every walk of life, Nathan continues to see the fruit of a Cambridge education long after the season in which it was planted.

An Examined Education

April 3, 20269m 16s

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Nathan Kim enrolled at Cambridge in its founding year in 2006 and graduated with the class of 2020. He went on to study economics at Gordon College and now works as an implementation specialist at Epic Systems in Madison, Wisconsin. But the most formative part of his story has less to do with where he ended up than with what it took to get there. Nathan didn't have an easy run of it. There were years where the distance between who he was and who Cambridge was forming him to become seemed impossibly incongruous. What closed that gap wasn't a single turning point but the steady presence of teachers who pursued him with patient care, who asked enduring questions, and who came alongside him through trying seasons. Through daily effort alongside trusted mentors, Nathan nurtured a resilience that he would carry well beyond graduation, one that continues to serve him in college, in the workplace, and in life. In his resilience, his love of learning, and his ability to engage people from every walk of life, Nathan continues to see the fruit of a Cambridge education long after the season in which it was planted.