This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shreya Mishra Reddy, a 33-year-old Visa technical program manager completing Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development. It has been edited for length and clarity. BI has verified her enrollment in the program.
I’m an international student at Harvard Business School‘s Program for Leadership Development, and I’m reeling from the news of the Trump administration blocking Harvard from enrolling foreign students.
I moved to the US from India in 2021 to do my master’s at Duke University, and then got my dream job at Visa in Austin.
After I started working at Visa, I came across this program at Harvard, which is an alternative to their executive MBA. I applied to that program, and I absolutely did not think that I would get accepted, but I did. It was one of the best moments of my life.
When I told my parents, they were so excited. I went from…