Allison is a senior from Buffalo studying neuroscience with minors in healthcare management and creative writing. This semester, she’ll travel to the Galápagos Islands with the PGS, Darwin’s Laboratory: exploring the islands through the lens of evolutionary theory, its development, and climate policy. On campus, she is involved in the Student Harm Reduction Coalition, Shelter Health…
Chenyao Liu is a junior from Indiana studying Earth & Environmental Science and Cinema & Media Studies. Over winter break, she’ll travel to Taipei through a Penn Global Seminar to explore energy security and cross-straits relations in Taiwan. She also explores environmental issues closer to home as a Student Eco-Rep for Penn Sustainability. Outside the classroom, Chenyao is…
Mariama Njie is a junior from Douglasville, Georgia double majoring in Communications and Africana Studies. This semester, she’ll travel to the Gandhi Ashram in Gujarat, India through a Penn Global Seminar to examine non-violent social and political movements and the immense power of compassionate leadership. On campus, Mariama serves as the Political Chair for UMOJA,…
Anya is a junior from Boston, MA studying Bioengineering and Robotics. This winter, she’ll travel to Santiago, Chile with her Penn Global Seminar to learn about the Chilean healthcare system. On campus, Anya is on the board for the Society of Women Engineers and is working on building a surgical robot at the GRASP Lab. She’s passionate about…
Contact Ask Me About… There are many unique aspects of my semester abroad to which I could speak. I successfully recruited for a consulting internship for the upcoming summer, it was my first time stepping foot in continental Europe, I traveled non-stop for my last month there, and more. But what was most unique was…
Contact Ask Me About… My experience is unique because, as an Egyptian born in America, I had always been connected to my roots but through the lens of my parents’ perspective. Every 8 years, we’d visit Egypt, staying primarily in the village where my family is from. These visits were special but often limited to…
Contact Ask Me About… Students should ask me about navigating study abroad as an adoptee returning to my birth country while still learning the language. My semester at Fudan University in Shanghai was not just about classes, but it was a personal journey. As a Chinese adoptee raised in the US, I looked like many…
Contact Ask Me About… As I’m already studying in a country that isn’t my own as an international student, people could ask why I’d choose to go abroad again. For me, each new environment pushes me to re-learn how I operate, from the way I approach assignments, to how I communicate in group settings, to…
Contact Ask Me About… Starting with GRIP: Power Up Gambia, my first-ever summer internship was also my first time working in Africa. What made this experience unique was learning how to navigate a completely new culture while carrying out my first professional role. I was adapting to new work expectations, living in a rural setting,…
Contact Biography Sara advises and supports students for summer, nursing, and engineering Study Abroad programs as well as oversees general Study Abroad initiatives. Before joining Penn, Sara managed Western Hemisphere recruitment and online programming for precollege students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison while living in rural Costa Rica. She earned her BBA in Marketing and…