Charmaine Chinodakufa is a first-year student from St. Peters, Missouri studying International Relations and Legal Studies and History. This semester, she’ll travel to Athens through a Penn Global Seminar course to examine race, human rights, and law in Greece, comparing the applications to the United States. On campus, Charmaine serves as a New Student Representative…
Ike Willis is a junior from Philadelphia studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics with a concentration in Choice and Behavior. This semester, he’ll travel to Florence, Padua, and Venice to gain a deeper understanding of the function of art and its role in our lives. On campus, he engages with the arts by serving as the…
Lumi Christensen is a junior from Oak Ridge, TN studying Mathematics with a minor in French and Francophone Studies. This semester, they’ll be traveling to Paris through the Penn Global Seminar “Paris under the German Occupation and Its Places in [Non-] Memory” over spring break with Professor Mélanie Péron. Lumi is a QuestBridge Scholar, and…
Contact Ask Me About… Students can reach out to me about how I explored topics related to real estate, fashion, or art while abroad. I’m also happy to discuss further all things related to volunteer opportunities, museum hacks, and transportation within Milan, Italy, as well as other parts of Europe. I can also discuss the…
Paree Pasi is a junior at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in Bioengineering with minors in Engineering Entrepreneurship and South Asian Studies. In the spring of 2026, she will study abroad at the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she plans to take courses across her major and minors. Originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, just…
Sylvie is a junior at Penn majoring in Political Science and Urban Studies and minoring in Survey Research and Data Analytics. Originally from Los Angeles, she is passionate about using data-informed policy to better address critical social challenges, with a focus on homelessness and housing affordability. In her free time, Sylvie loves playing guitar, discovering new…
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… 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… I’d love for other students to ask me how I built real connections with local communities while studying abroad in Beijing, China, and Braga, Portugal. In Beijing, during the Penn Global Seminar program, I didn’t just stick to the classroom. I joined calligraphy workshops, savored traditional music, and explored vibrant food…
