Thaniya Shankar ’27
MBA
Student Ambassador, Joint Degree
Program
MBA/MPH with Yale School of Public Health
Hometown
San Jose, California
Citizenship
United States
Undergraduate Institution and Major
University of California, Riverside: Biology, Law & Society
Pre-MBA Industry
United States Department of Agriculture: Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist
Internship Organization
Education Pioneers: Scaled Impact Fellow
Clubs and Affiliations
Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander Association; Consortium for Graduate Study in Management (CGSM); Dr. Laura Adler's Lab: Research Assistant; Golub Capital Consulting Fellowship: Park City Communities Housing; Net Impact Club: President; Startup & Entrepreneurship Club: Co-President; Student Government: Admissions Chair; Teaching Assistant: Customer and The Workforce; Yale Healthcare Conference: Chair
What is your advice for a prospective SOMer?
Your MBA is a rare opportunity to explore beyond your comfort zone, pursue opportunities you cannot fully justify yet, and redefine your direction. Don't organize your life around what looks impressive to other people. Organize it around what gives you energy, because the work that genuinely excites and fulfills you will always feel more meaningful than chasing prestige for its own sake. The greatest risk is rarely choosing the wrong path. It's waking up years later realizing you built a life that looked successful on paper, but never truly felt like your own.
Contact Information
thaniya.shankar@yale.edu (she/her)
Personal Interests...
Making people guess my zodiac sign and shopping in my sister's closet
