The Dartmouth Tuck MBA Class of 2027 brings together a group of deeply driven, community-minded students who all arrived in Hanover searching for the same thing: a tight-knit community that challenges them to grow while supporting them every step of the way.
For former Bain product owner Bryant Narvaez, business school represents a deliberate reset—an opportunity to follow his intrinsic motivators toward team-based problem solving and explore new directions at the intersection of energy and consulting. Then, Grace Weissend arrived at Tuck after a bold pivot out of Hollywood, where producing and writing taught her how to organize chaos and move big ideas forward. After eight years in Navy Special Operations, Chandler King came to Tuck seeking the next arena in which to lead, learn, and make an impact.
We also meet a first-generation college graduate passionate about expanding opportunity, Karla Guadalupe Garcia, who chose Tuck to build the confidence and quantitative toolkit she needs to move from participation to truly consequential decision-making. From Kingston, Jamaica, Ramone Wildman joins Tuck with a decade of financial services experience and the desire to shift into more strategic, globally informed roles. Finally, former Eli Lilly scientist Nina Wilk brings a life sciences perspective to the class, having spent years tackling complex problems in drug discovery. Her curiosity about the business forces shaping global health access led her to Tuck, where she has found the people even more supportive and invested than she imagined.
Together, these students exemplify what makes Tuck distinct: an immersive environment where authenticity is celebrated, support is abundant, and learning happens as much on mountain trails, frozen ponds, and late-night study sessions as it does in the classroom. Read on for their stories in this Real Humans: MBA Students.
