The Rev. Laura Everett, MDiv '04, an itinerant minister, believes that her calling is the work of repair. "When I'm with a congregation, we're trying to repair our broken relationships with one another," she said. "When I'm with the City of Boston Reparations Task Force, that is a citywide effort to repair an unjust history. This is all the work of repair."

James Beard award-winning writer Ahmed Ali Akbar, MTS '14, joined the staff of the Chicago Tribune as a food reporter on Feb. 19. His podcast "See Something Say Something" won a Wilbur Award and his 2022 Eater article on the underground WhatsApp mango trade won the James Beard Award in feature reporting.

Nokuthula Ngwenyama, MTS '02, a composer and violinist, discusses her musical composition Flow, and how she embraces the cosmos…or lets it embrace her.

Maytal Saltiel, MDiv '12, was named as the next Yale University Chaplain. In this critical role, Saltiel provides strategic direction, vision, and leadership for Yale’s religious and spiritual life on campus, working with students, faculty, and staff from a range of faith traditions as well as those without any religious affiliation.