Service and Trade

Our people are as diverse as the many occupations they represent. Learning, enrichment, opportunity, and work/life balance are just some of the rewards of working at Harvard. Most of all, it is the people who make working at Harvard richly satisfying. See what our employees have to say.

Elson, Custodian, Harvard Police Dept.

Before civil war forced Elson Callejas to leave Guatemala, he taught fourth grade at a small elementary school. He loved seeing the spark of understanding in his students’ eyes, but upon arrival in the U.S., the only job he could find was in construction. [more]

Tsewang, Security Monitor, Harvard University Art Museums

Tsewang Dorje sometimes dreams that he is a child again in the Tibetan village where he lived with his family in a hut with no electricity. He read books by oil lamp, and never saw a car until he left home at 18. [more]