Happy Fall! We're celebrating with the last ice cream trip of the year 🍦🍨

What are you up to this weekend?

It's our last quiet weekend for a while, so I'm dreaming up some fun recipes to try out.
Swipe to check out last week's creation for my Grandmother-In-Law's 100th birthday and our traditional two turkey Friendsgiving.

The greatest gift Northeastern gave me is my "framily". Even the non-Northeastern alums wouldn't be part of our tight knit group but for Northeastern (so we force the 🐾love)

The community I built at NEU became the people my daughter calls auntie and uncle, we've celebrated (and officiated!) weddings, engagements, new jobs, marathons, and triathalons and have been there for each other through each high and low.

After Northeastern, I joined @teachforamerica and taught middle school science in Lawrence, MA. After teaching for three years, I sought to find a way to work towards educational equity that merged all that I'd learned at Northeastern and in the middle school classroom. Working for Teach For America - Massachusetts has truly done that for me. Now, I lead our Development & Finance team - raising and managing the funds necessary to fuel our work across the state. It's hard work - and we have a lot of fun doing it!

Our team celebrating a recent milestone (with cookies!) | At an event with former Secretary of Education, John King Jr. | marching at Pride | and some of my goofier teacher moments

Hey Huskies! My name is Izzy (Erratt) Hastie and I graduated in 2010 with a degree in Business Administration from @damoremckim.
After graduation, I joined Teach For America and and now work for @tfa_massachusetts as the Senior Managing Director of Development & Finance - bridging my business background and passion for educational equity.
I live outside of Boston with my husband Jeremy (College of Engineering, 2009), our daughter McKenzie, and our dog Kona. I'm a California girl at heart and love Napa wines, tacos, camping, and cooking. And, having lived in New England for 13 years now, I drink iced coffee year-round.

Excited to have you follow along with me this week!

👋🏻Thank you all for the opportunity to share some of my life since graduating Northeastern! I have the fondest memories, friendships, as well as personal and professional growth experiences thanks to NU. Let’s connect @_alessrose, message me anytime. You can also find me on LinkedIn if you want to chat about work at the National Center for PTSD or mental health in general! In the words of our commencement speaker Christiane Amanpour, keep “making good trouble” out there, huskies. I hope to cross paths! #huskiesforever #neualum #northeastern

Living in the area where fluff was invented has its perks. #unionsquaredonuts #somerville #fluff

This place is awesome for live music! Jazz and blues😎

Cheers to the weekend, huskies! On another note, my thoughts are with those affected by Hurricane Florence. Stay safe!!

One of my favorite parts of my job is getting the opportunity to attend and present at conferences. This was from the 2017 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies meeting in Chicago. The world’s most esteemed clinicians, researchers, and policy makers gather to discuss the latest research around traumatic stress. The collective experience of those who attend is easily thousands of years, and it’s an honor to be around leaders and pioneers in the field of traumatic stress. This year’s meeting is in Washington, D.C. and I am stoked to go and present. The theme is promoting societal change through integration of traumatic stress research, and learning how we can propel policy and practice for vulnerable populations. #istss #ptsd #veteranshealth. (Also visit www.istss.org to learn more about this progressive society)!!

2016 was an incredible year thanks to NU. One of these trips was planned, the other... not so much. Summer of 2016 I did a dialogue to Spain (Barcelona and Sevilla) and it was INCREDIBLE. It was a sociology dialogue, where we used ethnographic methods to learn how residents in Spain use their public spaces. We also got to take a flamenco dance lesson and dress for the part!! Hence, the first photo (P.S. flamenco is really hard but @ohhhemilyy and I made it work). The second photo is in Cape Town, South Africa, and was somewhat of an unexpected trip (and 3 days total). My third co-op in the psychiatry department at BU Medical School/ Boston Medical Center was a research assistant gig. But when the Chief of the department needed help planning an international psychiatry conference.. myself and fellow co op @actual_kelsey_j delivered! It was a whirlwind and one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been to.

In honor of #tbt I’m going to post a few highlights from my NU experience. Pictured here are photos from 2/3 of my co-op experiences. They were all in research. #1 was at Beth Israel in a Sleep and Inflammatory Systems lab, where I learned the ins and outs of clinical research. Our study was about sleep deprivation and measuring hormone levels, psychological outcomes, etc. I helped participants stay awake! It was an incredible spot to infiltrate the field of clinical research. First photo was at a Harvard Sleep Society dinner. Second co-op, (photos 2 and 3), I worked at Boston Children’s Hospital where I was a research assistant. I consented families into genome sequencing studies to look at novel genes in musculoskeletal diseases and got to do some gene sequencing in the lab myself. I got to learn all about cutting edge genetic technology and meet incredibly resilient families. And dress as a minion for Halloween of course. #nucoop

Where are my transfer students at!?? Okay so as I mentioned— I was a transfer student to Northeastern. It was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I was welcomed by an amazing transfer student community, the NU Transfer Student Organization (NUTSO).. led by my good friend and fellow alum @davelabreu. Almost all of my close friends today (if not all) I met in the transfer program at NU. Starting over was a difficult adjustment at the time. Transitioning to the rigor of NU combined with moving to a busy city from a smaller town felt overwhelming at times, but the friendships, knowledge, and experiences I gained are unparalleled. #transferstudent #nutso #husky

My favorite place in Boston Is by far the Charles (Charlie) River dock (specifically the one closest to Mass. Ave entrance). This place has without fail, brought me such joy and calm, from my first year transferring to Northeastern, and even more so 5 years later. Whether it’s sun bathing, stargazing, dancing, picnicking, reading... Charlie and its magnificent sights, people, and doggies always bring me gratitude for living in this magical city. Fellow alum @thea__bea is featured in pic 4 😎

3.5 years of my time at Northeastern was spent in ResLife as a RA and then Senior RA in West Village E mostly (some B and G too)! I met some of the most amazing people in this job, our staffs were like families. It was equal parts rewarding, fun, and lots of work! #reslife #neuwestvillage

This is where you’ll find me most days of the week! Joining Fit Body Boot Camp has been one of the most transformative physical experiences and also comes with an incredible, motivating community. They’re 30 minute HIIT workouts with lots of cardio, weights, and so many burpees (🤭). (Also its’s a franchise and you can try 3 classes for free- check if you have one near you!) #bootcamp #fitbodybootcamp #bostonfitness

I have the pleasure of working in the Women’s Health Sciences Division of the National Center for PTSD as part of the Iverson Lab. Boston is one of a few NC-PTSD sites (fun fact, one is in Honolulu). Together with the incredible women in this photo, under the leadership of Dr. Kate Iverson (second from the right), we work with women Veterans exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV). Specifically, we are working on a randomized controlled trial of an intervention that women can receive in primary care. Additionally, we employ implementation research strategies to enhance integration of programs that screen for IPV. In the wake of the #metoo movement, the time is now to make sure our screening and intervention methods are sound for detecting physical, sexual, and/or emotional violence among women. We are a small part of the comprehensive research in our division- with studies devoted to populations of LGBTQ and male Veterans too! #women #veterans #ptsd

Hello huskies! My name is Ally Grillo and I am a 2017 graduate of the COS Behavioral Neuroscience program. It’s hard to believe 1.5 years has passed since graduating from Northeastern- but I still pass it everyday on the E line. Right now, I am Psychology Research Technician at the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System in JP! Come follow me this week as I show you what post-grad life in Boston has been like 🤙🏻 #nualum #boston #northeasternuniversity #nuhuskies