Divinity School grad left corporate world to satisfy need to serve
This is one in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. It became almost routine for Salvador Peña to take a break after a few years in a job. Despite being employed by Maersk, a global shipping company, or even working for the World Bank, Peña never truly felt satisfied. Looking for something more, he took time off to travel, but it wasn’t exactly a vacation. Peña walked the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage routes winding through Europe, volunteered on a farm scaling date palms to painstakingly harvest their fruit, and meditated in the Israeli desert region of Negev. “I was very happy with what I was doing,” he said of his time working in national logistic strategies and maritime transport projects for the World Bank. “It’s a great organization and has a noble mission. … Still, my need to serve — that itch that I had — wasn’t being scratched.” Peña, who...