By: Khizrah Naveed, CAS ’20 Khizrah in her office at Liwwa, Inc. in Amman Liwwa, Inc. – Amman, Jordan Every morning fresh coffee brews on a table perpetually stockpiled with sweets, in an open plan office, where the dress code is casual but the competitive drive to succeed in MENA [Middle East and North Africa region] is…
By: Noah Sylvester, CAS ’20 On a path walking towards the Great Wall of China On a path walking toward the Great Wall of China Etonkids Educational Group – Beijing, China I am writing this post from my home in Southern California. In both LA and Beijing the temperature is 87°F, however, Beijing is experiencing…
By: Areeba Shaikh, CPHI ’19 Areeba Shaikh with fellow GIP Intern, Selena Huang, in Cape Town TASK Applied Science – Cape Town, South Africa I have left a piece of my heart in Cape Town. The last two months will forever remain in my memory as some of the best few weeks of my life.…
By: Rachel Kulik, Wharton ’21 Teamworks – Buenos Aires, Argentina Be prepared to be put on the spot. At a hectic intersection, you’ll need to meet your taxi driver’s questions on behalf of porteños with answers on behalf of New Yorkers. Your coworkers’ American pop culture knowledge will rival yours, and you’ll get your chance…
By: Rachel Weinstein, CAS ’20 StartSomeGood – Sydney, Australia Five Tips – Making the Most of Your Time Abroad 1)Make your own food. It’s so easy to fall into the trap of wanting to eat every meal out so that you can experience all of the local culture and cuisine of your host country. Especially…
By: Kristine Lai, CAS ’21 United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney – Australia There’s something effortless about love– the way you fall head over heels into something so easy and beautiful and you lose your breath every time you realize how incredibly lucky you are. But in a way, it makes you go…
By: Kenneth Shinn, CAS ’21 Urun Big Data Services – Guangzhou, China Since my parents were both from the Guangzhou area in China before moving to the U.S., I grew up in a household that spoke a mash of Cantonese and English, and I never started learning Mandarin until college. However, going into this internship in…
By: João Campos do Vale Dourado, CAS ’21 Ashoka – Mexico City, Mexico I have been working at Ashoka in Mexico City for over a month now, and I can say for sure that it has been an incredibly rich learning experience. This is the first real job I have ever had, and it has…
By: Shreya Subramanian, Wharton ’21 Océano Patagonia – Puerto Piramídes, Argentina Every day at Océano Patagonia is wildly different. At this eco-friendly boutique hotel in coastal Patagonia, I meet guests from all over the world and get to experience new things every day. Océano Patagonia sits right on the beach in Puerto Pirámides, a small…
By: Jesse Barr, CAS ’19 Penn Laboratory for Understanding Science – Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Ecuador My host family consists primarily of an older couple named Norma and Milton, but also includes two of their children, a daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren living directly adjacent who often join us for meals. My entire team – four girls,…