Alexys Butler ’12

Alumni Voices

Alexys Butler ’12

Beaver Reflections:
I graduated from Beaver in 2012 and had such an amazing experience. I was very young when I started at Beaver, maybe 11 or 12 years old. I was from Marlborough and had gone to Catholic school prior to Beaver. So, going from a small Catholic school to Beaver was a big change but I always tell people that Beaver really changed my life and opened my eyes to so many opportunities. It really showed me how big the world is and how many chances there are to experiment and learn. Beaver was truly the place where I believe I started pursuing my dreams. I still have some close friends that I stay in contact with from Beaver, which is so nice. Looking back, the staff and faculty were amazing and really encouraged me to step outside my comfort zone and really go for things. One of my favorite teachers was Ms. Bernard, an African-American history teacher. As a young black woman it was amazing to connect on that level. Up to that point I had never had a teacher that looked like me and I could share experiences with. Ms. Baker of the admissions department was like my mom on campus and one of my favorite people. During my time at Beaver, I was not as into athletics as I was academics but I still found my niche in volleyball and played for 2 years of high school before I became the student manager my junior year.

What is #happeningnow in your life:
After graduating from Beaver, I went to Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. After Smith, I started my master’s program at Brandeis University and completed that in two years. I relocated to Maryland during the pandemic which was a journey in itself. I have been working in the healthcare field. I had a stint at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and was a program coordinator at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Currently I work for MedStar Health where I process patient data and urgent care visits while confirming eligibility for various patients in the system. I would love to go back to school in the near future but I am trying to figure that out as I go.

“There are so many opportunities that we try to pursue over time and sometimes at the start we think that they are going to be perfect. However, not everything that glitters is gold. I have learned that it is so important to pursue greatness and that gold but you have to do your research and connect with people before jumping right into it. Seek the things that glitter not only externally but also internally”
– Alexys Butler ’12

Advice to Beaver students:
“Try anything and everything but to a point where you are not working yourself to exhaustion. Something about changing it up and trying something new is just refreshing and an amazing experience. Another piece of advice is when it comes to work and school never take no for an answer. Continue to ask questions and see what is available to you. Something great about Beaver is that there are so many resources available and I found about a bunch of them through asking questions”

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