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Sara Motusesky '21, Bolton's
younger daughter, majored in psychol-
ogy and never considered a career in
financial services until she was living
at home with her mother during the
pandemic. She listened as Bolton
persuaded her to consider the option.
"From what I saw my mom go through,
with all the commuting to New York
City and working until 8 p.m., I saw
finance as a cut-throat, devote-all-
your-time-to-it kind of career," says
Motusesky. She also didn't think she
had the financial literacy to make it
work. But her mother convinced her
that not everyone in finance works
with numbers, that she had a valued
skill set, too.
Eventually, Motusesky took a job as
a business development consultant at
New York Life Investments, and
quickly saw how useful her psychology
training was to her job. "On a daily
basis, I'm interacting with people,
Above: Jennifer Graf, director of operations,
Renaissance Technologies
Facing page: Jamie Cox '22
