Alumni Profile - Reuben Albo ’05

Reuben Albo

Reuben Albo ‘05 currently works as a Special Education teacher at Skyline High School in Oakland.

His students have Autism—a developmental disorder that affects social skills, impairs communication, causes restrictive behaviors, and is associated with cognitive delay.

Reuben’s students learn the necessary academic, social, and life skills necessary to live productive and meaningful adult lives. His class website is www.skylinetitans.net/albo. He is concurrently working on a MA in Special Education.

Teaching has always been a passion of Reuben’s and since graduating from Williams he has done private tutoring, SAT teaching, college counseling, and substitute teaching. He admits that, fresh out of Williams, he was unsure of where to live and how to make a living. As an international student, from Trinidad, with limited experience of the US, he made it a priority to explore the US and its job market some more before settling on a more steady path.

At Williams, Reuben served as Co-President of SoCA (Students of Caribbean Ancestry), he served on the MinCo (Minority Coalition) Board, and he played the Steelpan with Canboulay. Reuben’s study abroad experience in Barbados was one of his most memorable experiences during his Williams career. Reuben encourages all students to become more “international” and take the opportunities available at Williams to broaden their global perspective.