Research Interns
Lynx Marks
Lynx is currently a senior and a Zollman Scholar at Smith College and performs company and market research work for Sagebrook. During her first and second year at Smith, she participated in the STRIDE scholars program, where she worked as a research assistant to a genetics professor for the Biology Department. Lynx will be graduating in 2012 with a Mathematics major and a Logic minor. After graduation, she will begin Harvard Business School’s 2+2 program.
Lynx grew up in Miami, Florida where she was a member of the Rainbow Circus. In high school, she was a member of the National Honor Society and was a National Merit Semifinalist. Once in college, Lynx became actively involved in student government, serving as the class of 2012 Vice President and a student senator. Lynx was a member of the A cappella group “The Noteables”, and performed in many musical theatre productions. She also is very involved in the Reacting to the Past (RTTP) pedagogy, helping to develop a new course on the Salem Witch Trials. Lynx has worked twice at the RTTP Annual Institute, helping history teachers learn to teach these particular courses more effectively.
Menghan Wang
Menghan works as part of the Sagebrook team utilizing her skills in market research as a research intern. A sophmore at Mount Holyoke College, She is anticipating a B.A. as a double major in Mathematics and Economics with a minor in German Studies in 2014. Menghan also plans to study abroad in University of Leipzig, Germany in spring 2013.
Prior to Sagebrook, Menghan interned at Shenzhen Wanren Market Research Co, Ltd. as a research analyst in summer, 2011 where she built up her quantitative skills. At Shenzhen Wanren, she conducted substantial online research on various projects, designed questionnaires based on statistical models to measure customer satisfaction, and helped negotiate a company partnership with Shenzhen Evening News.
Menghan grew up in Shenzhen, China, and graduated from Shenzhen High School in 2010. She is a Student Advisor at the Office of Residential Life and Asian Studies Department at school and is passionate about working with people in the East Asian culture, dancing, drawing and community service. In addition to English, Menghan is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and intermediate German.
Pratima Ghale
Pratima is an undergraduate student in the class of 2014 at Mount Holyoke College where she is majoring in Mathematics and Economics. At Sagebrook Partners, she is responsible for researching various companies and industries for relevant financial and market information.
Pratima completed her A-Levels in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics from the Rato Bangala School in her native Nepal before enrolling at Mount Holyoke. In Nepal she was passionately involved in the Model United Nations and environmental activism.
At present, Pratima is active with Mount Holyoke’s Asian Student Association, of which she is the Treasurer, She is a member of the Global Environment Advocacy and Production Association and is an online politics blogger for The Mount Holyoke News. She also likes spending time bonding with other Mount Holyoke students as a Student Adviser and analyzes computer-related problems as a Student Technology Consultant. Pratima is fluent in Hindi and Nepali, and she enjoys connecting with her fellow Oxfam International Action Partners from all around the world.
Sajala Pandal
Originally from Kathmandu, Nepal, Sajala loves traveling, meeting new people and learning new cultures. Her passion brought her to the USA and Smith College, where she is scheduled to complete her B.A. in Economics and Mathematics/Staistics in June, 2012. While pursuing her undergraduate degree, Sajala completed her study abroad at the London School of Economics and Political Science, concentrating in Econometrics and Statistics. Heavily interested in research-oriented fields, she recently completed her independent research on “Nepal as a Transit State between India and China” in collaboration with Department of Economics, Smith College. Sajala has also served as the research assistant for the department. Her research works extend from the labor market and higher educational system of the US to different aspects of international trade.
Sajala has also been involved in a number of leadership and volunteer activities. She is a student mentor for the London School of Economics Widening Participation Program, mentoring inner-city London teens, and volunteered for Child Workers in Nepal (CWIN) that concentrates on rescued children.