ESP Biography



SOPHIA SUAREZ, Investor Junkie with an interest in Bilingualism



Major: Management Science

College/Employer: Seeking Alpha

Year of Graduation: 2008

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Sophia Lee Suarez graduated from MIT in 2008 with a degree in finance. After completing graduate studies at Yale University, she launched a career in equity investments and worked for 5+ years on Wall Street. Recently, Sophia made a switch to freelance writing and project management, which allowed her more time for creative pursuits.



Past Classes

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S1235: Cognitive Bias: What you think is right is WRONG! in Spark! Spring 2008 (Mar. 08, 2008)
Cognitive bias is distortion in the way humans perceive reality. Biases arise from various aspects of life and without realizing it, you might be guilty of bias in your thoughts and actions. Join me to explore the various cognitive biases (decision making & behavior, social, probabilities and memories) and discover how they are affecting belief formation, business decisions and scientific research.


S1236: Cognitive Bias: What you think is right is WRONG! in HSSP Spring 2008 (Mar. 15, 2008)
Cognitive bias is distortion in the way humans perceive reality. Biases arise from various aspects of life and without realizing it, you might be guilty of bias in your thoughts and actions. Join me to explore the various cognitive biases (decision making & behavior, social, probabilities and memories) and discover how they are affecting belief formation, business decisions and scientific research. Very interactive and fun! Lots of opportunities to win prizes! Of course, don't forget the games you will play, the puzzles you will solve and the mystery cases you will crack! What are you waiting for?!


Cognitive Bias: Distortion of Reality & How you view the World in SPLASH (2007)
Cognitive bias is the distortion in the way humans perceive reality. Bias arises from various life, loyalty and local risk ...