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Author: Emily Levy

A Break From Internship: Yallah, Lets Dance!

By Emily Levy | July 27, 2014

Going to see live music is one of my passions and I was so happy when I found out that the city of Haifa was going to offer 100 Live free concerts! The series was called Haifa Live 100 and to my luck, it was just a block from my apartment and workplace in Paris…

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When Operation Protective Edge Becomes A Reality

By Emily Levy | July 13, 2014

My favorite part of my week is exploring Haifa at night with my roommate Liza and her boyfriend Yanay, who is currently serving in the Navy for the IDF. We walk around the back streets of Haifa conversing freely about anything from our favorite type of popsicles to Operation Protective Edge. I am lucky to…

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The Struggle of Launching A New Feature at Veems

By Emily Levy | June 29, 2014

I am now in my third week at Veems and I was able to join the team just in time for a new feature launch –private messaging! I am loving the startup atmosphere, but just like any business, there are hurdles that the app has to overcome in order for the business to move forward.…

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First Day at Israeli Startup: Veems!

By Emily Levy | June 12, 2014

Day one of internship complete! My expectations were blown through the roof. It was a seven-minute walk to the HiCenter, which is a startup incubator at the base of the Carmel Mountain. My new friends, Louisa, Brandon, and Josh, are also interning at the HiCenter with different startups. The company I’m interning for is called…

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Emily Levy

Emily Levy is a member of the class of 2016 at Babson College with a concentration in Leadership. Her efforts in high school earned her a scholarship for the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership at Babson and through her scholarship, she was chosen to travel to Rwanda to teach entrepreneurship with three peers this past summer. This past calendar year, Emily was elected Center for Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Scholar: VP of Social Entrepreneurship, where she is in charge of planning at 8 person trip to Rwanda to teach entrepreneurship to high school students and local business owners. She also started the College of Immaculate Conception Women's Leadership Scholarship that will be sending two underprivileged female students to secondary school. She is also the Babson College Hillel: VP of Events, where she helps to plan weekly Shabbat dinners. She is a proud member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, Zeta Alpha Chapter: Community Service Committee, where she recent helped to organize a fashion show that benefitted Dress for Success: Boston. Also, Emily is a key member and resident in Babson's Women Giving Back organization. Emily will be spending two months in Haifa, Israel, this summer doing an internship for the app Veems. Most importantly, Emily is passionate about women’s economic empowerment, women in business, and social entrepreneurship.

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