Michelle Chan is an economics alumni. She is currently working at TD Securities under Capital Markets as an Analyst.

Q: Why did you choose to study Economics?
A: I chose to study Economics because Economics is a social science that provides analysis of real-world problems. It affects everything from how much we pay for goods and services to how much employees get paid. Studying Economics at university gives you a new view of the world and how it functions when it comes to business and economics. My area of study was mainly focused on financial economics, which is a specialized branch of economics concerned with the origination and management of money, credit, banking and investment. This landed me a career in the financial sector.

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Drishti Lalwani is an economics alumni. She is also one of the past presidents of UW Economics Society.

Q: Why did you choose to study Economics? Why Waterloo?
A: Honestly, economics was not always my first choice. I was originally set on studying Psychology. In my second year I took ECON 221, where we were introduced to conducting analysis using statistical software. I was and still am extremely fascinated with the idea of examining data and conducting research through models. Being someone who always stuck to safe options that came easy to me such as art and other subjects in the field of humanities , studying economics gave me a different perspective that has improved my analytical abilities.

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Amy Chea is an economics alumini. She currently works for Fidelity Canada as Quality Assurance Analyst.

Q: Why did you choose to study Economics?

A: Originally I was in the Science and Business program at Waterloo. After about 2 years of being in the program, I realized how unmotivated I was about the science half of the program. I enjoyed the business side of things a lot more, which was more Economics focused. I decided to make the switch in third year and I really believe it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

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Akshita Verma is an economics alumni. She recently just graduated from UW and this fall will be pursuing a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Toronto. She was also previously the co-president of the UW Economics Society.

Q: Why did you choose to study Economics?

A: Ever since high school, I had an interest in learning about different aspects of the economy and what dictates individual behaviour. I took a few economics courses in high school and that’s when I knew I wanted to pursue economics.

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Joanna Ni is an economics alumni. She is now working towards the CFA certification as well as working as a financial analyst.

Q: Why did you choose to study Economics?
A: I found learning about economics furthered my understanding of human behaviour and the operations within society. While it is difficult to know exactly what impacts will take place given a change in the environment, economics provides us a thought process in which we can explore qualitative changes using quantitative methods.

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