Name: Veena McCoole

Yale Affiliation: Morse College, B.A. 2019

Where you live: London, UK

What you do: I'm a Senior Associate at a global financial and strategic communications firm focusing on capital markets transactions and consumer/retail clients.

Your family: My parents live in Singapore where I was born and raised, and my two little brothers are currently attending Trinity College Dublin and Dartmouth University respectively.

Other Yale volunteer work: I'm involved with the Yale Club of London and volunteer as an alumni admissions interviewer in London.

Something we might not know about you: During the pandemic I started making candles at home, a passion project that spiraled into a small startup. I owe my enthusiasm for building new ventures to Yale's Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking (CITY), where I spent time working on the Women Entrepreneurs @ Yale program surrounded by brilliant entrepreneurs!