The Pulse

Writing and education are central interests for Grace Flaherty, and she’s laying the groundwork for a career that combines both at Emmanuel.
“I’ve been opened up to a lot of different routes where I can go,” she said.
The possibilities include graduate school, with the goal of becoming a writing professor, or going into nonprofits.
Flaherty is interning with an organization that partners with schools to produce literary magazines. She is assisting the editor and helping with social media, using skills she honed in Writing, Editing, & Publishing.
“I’m kind of doing a little bit of everything but it’s the perfect mix of education and writing,” she said.
Flaherty’s essay “Familiar Shores” was published in Memoir Mixtapes Magazine.

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“Looking back, my time as a tutor at the ARC was my first real teaching experience. I became a peer tutor for Chem1102 during the spring semester of my first year. At the time, I knew nothing about teaching—the importance of patience, adapting to different learning styles, and mastering a subject well enough to teach it back to someone else. I picked up tips from other tutors, tutees, ARC staff, and my peers along the way and eventually tutored for a range of Biology and Chemistry classes.
I quickly realized that teaching was the most effective way to learn, and that lesson has stuck with me ever since. In my junior and senior years, I often found myself leading informal tutoring sessions for courses like Differential Equations, Molecular Biology, and Physical Chemistry—classes that didn’t always have official peer tutors since completing the course usually meant graduating. I would volunteer to help my classmates, knowing that by teaching the material, I was solidifying my own understanding.
That philosophy followed me into graduate school and continues to shape how I approach learning and leadership in my career today. I owe a debt of gratitude to the Emmanuel ARC for planting the seed early on—not just to master a subject, but to teach, to share knowledge, and ultimately, to embody what it means to truly be a doctor.”