Contact Biography Camille oversees strategic outreach, communications, and student engagement in support of Penn Abroad. Before joining the Penn Abroad team, Camille worked as a marketing coordinator for Gambit Weekly, a New Orleans-based newspaper. Camille received her BFA in painting with a minor in creative writing from the Maryland Institute College of Art. While an…
Contact Biography Emily serves as a program manager for Penn Abroad’s short-term and faculty-led programs, including the Penn Global Seminars (PGS) program. Emily works with faculty to develop new seminars, plans the short-term travel component for selected courses, and supports students going abroad through PGS. With nearly 15 years of experience at Penn, she most recently…
Contact Biography Yasmina advises and supports students who are seeking global opportunities in the Semester Abroad (SA) program. Before joining the Penn Abroad Team, she served as a Program Coordinator at a Haitian-based nonprofit in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Yasmina studied abroad for an academic year in South Korea during her undergraduate studies at Georgia State…
Contact Biography Joana serves as a program manager supporting student internships and research opportunities with a focus on the Global Research & Internship Program. Joana also advises and supports students who are seeking global opportunities in the Semester Abroad program. Before joining the Penn Abroad team, Joana worked as a public historian for six years at…
Contact Biography Michael oversees Penn’s inbound programming including the Exchange at Penn program and the Sawiris Penn Scholars Exchange Program. Michael also advises and supports students who are seeking global opportunities in the Semester Abroad program. Michael is a Penn graduate, completing his undergraduate studies in the College of Arts and Sciences with a major in…
Contact Ask me about… My Experience Abroad: I studied abroad at University College London’s Bartlett School of Planning to gain a more specialized understanding of Urban Studies. In the UCL urban planning coursework, I took courses in urban economics, GIS mapping software, urban social change movements in London, and social implications of infrastructure. I gained…
Contact Ask Me About What made this experience unique was navigating a new environment without the immediate support of family and friends, which pushed me to adapt quickly and become more self-reliant. In Madrid, every aspect of daily life was an opportunity for growth. From ordering meals in Spanish to mastering the public transportation system,…
Contact Ask Me About… Not many engineering students choose to go abroad. And it is even more rare that an engineer goes to the study abroad program at Yonsei. I came into college knowing I wanted to go abroad and was willing to take the time and energy to figure out how it was possible.…
Contact Biography Arielle oversees Penn Abroad’s short-term and faculty-led programming, including Penn Global Seminars (PGS), Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), and the China Education Initiative (CEI). She works closely with faculty on designing innovative ways to take their courses and research projects globally. Arielle received her BA in French from Dickinson College and her MA in International Education from New…
Contact Biography Greta advises students who are seeking Semester Abroad (SA) opportunities and oversees portions of office initiatives and outreach with Penn’s four undergraduate schools. Greta studied Spanish and psychology as an undergraduate at the University of Southern California. She earned her MS in global and international education from Drexel University. Greta studied abroad in Madrid, Spain…