I’m very excited to serve as a non-resident tutor - I was a resident tutor until 2020. I’m a Nigerian born, London (England) raised, postdoctoral researcher working in the field of wearable sensors at the Harvard Wyss Institute since early 2016. Having left London at 16 to attend boarding school in the North of Scotland, I subsequently moved to the south England to study at the University of Bristol, where I obtained my Masters and Doctoral degrees. After a brief pause to do volunteer work in Bangladesh, I moved to Switzerland to complete my first postdoc at EPFL, where I stayed for 3 years. My passions include dancing, applied research, technology transfer, general life adventuring, and Christian spirituality. I look forward to discussing these and more with you!
"Hello Domus! My name is Ben and I'm delighted to be (re)joining the Eliot community as a Non-Resident Tutor! Originally from upstate New York, I graduated from Harvard as a Classics major in 2011; I was a lightweight rower for all 4 years and roommates with Dr. Emmett Kistler for our senior year. After college, I attended Naval Officer Candidate School in 2012 where I commissioned as an Ensign and served as a Logistics Officer down in Norfolk, Virginia, on USS MONTEREY (CG-61), a guided missile cruiser; while onboard, I completed a nine-month deployment to the Persian Gulf and visited 7 countries along the way. After leaving active duty, I spent a few years in DC before returning to Boston in 2020 to start a Master's Degree in Social Work at Boston College, where I focus on Clinical Mental Health and trauma-informed care. This year I will be interning at the VA Boston Healthcare system, working with veterans diagnosed with severe mental illness and suffering from housing insecurity. Don't hesitate to contact me or say hi when I visit Eliot to see Emmett and Moose; I would love to answer any questions you have regarding military service, rowing, and careers in mental health/social work/clinical therapy. FDDE!"
Apoorva Dixit was born in Bhopal, India, and raised in Memphis, TN. She graduated from Dartmouth College with an Anthropology major and Public Policy minor.... Read more about Apoorva Dixit
"...George (geo) joined Eliot woodshop as a non-res tutor in 2010.
George is a former semi-pro mountain biker turned ultra-runner, he and his wife own an organic vegetable farm in central mass and is a closet hippy that has actually seen the Grateful Dead in concert.
Previous to Eliot his wood working experience was mostly fixing broken things with the exception of creating round things and the rare square thing. Since joining Eliot he’s had the pleasure to build a few large square things, many more round things and hopes someday to create a square round thing or (gasp) a round square thing. Until then, he’s happy to help Eliotites create their own projects safely. ..."... Read more about George Kenty
Hi Eliot! I’m Layla Kousari, and I graduated from Winthrop in 2019. I’m so excited to join the Eliot community! I’m currently a 1L law student at Harvard Law School. During college, I invested a lot of time in my extracurricular activities, including the first-year outdoor program, on-campus jobs, and working as a research assistant in a genetics lab. After graduating, I received a post-graduate traveling fellowship that took me to Spain to learn Flamenco singing. I have also worked as a baker at a ski lodge in Alta, UT, and I love all things outdoors. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about law school (including the Junior Deferral Program), fellowships, hiking in New England, working during the semester, or anything else!
