We head to Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in this Real Humans: MBA Students to meet some new members of the Class of 2027.
The Johns Hopkins Carey MBA Class of 2027 reflects the school’s distinctive blend of analytical rigor, entrepreneurial spirit, and purpose-driven leadership, bringing together students who sit at the crossroads of health, innovation, and global impact. This year’s cohort includes Doris Candelaria, a Puerto Rican health-tech co-founder and ecosystem builder whose “Boricua energy” and storytelling instincts animate classrooms and community spaces alike. She joins peers such as Juan Fernandez, a biomedical engineer and serial med-tech founder from Colombia who has taken medical devices from patent to operating room and is now leveraging Carey’s ties to Johns Hopkins Medicine to scale his latest venture in the U.S.
Alongside them is Nicholas Orlando, a dual-degree MD/MBA candidate who brings the lens of a clinician-in-training and researcher eager to translate medical expertise into hospital leadership and innovation. Adding to the class’s entrepreneurial and analytical depth is Gold Sylvester, a fintech founder from Nigeria who built a platform serving tens of thousands across emerging markets and came to Carey to sharpen her leadership at the intersection of analytics, design thinking, and global financial innovation. Rounding out this group is Robert Resch, a U.S. Army Veterinary Corps officer and public health leader whose experience bridging animal and human health adds a unique “One Health” perspective to Carey’s business-of-health focus. He is pursuing the MPH/MBA dual degree option.
Together, these students embody the diversity, ambition, and collaborative ethos that define the Carey experience. Read on for their stories.
