GRIP: Guatemala Health Initiative in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala Cover image: Selfie of Argentina and me as we said goodbye Seño Argentina is known throughout Santiago. Her name is not known because she is famous, but because Argentina makes an impact. Every time we walk through town, someone stops to say hello. She remembers every face…
GRIP: Research Assistant at the University of Auckland in New Zealand Cover image: Waiheke Island I made my own bespoke fragrance in Auckland, and it smells like a sperm whale’s vomit. After many rounds of blind-testing over 70 different scents, I chose a base note that was sweet, musky, powdery, and particularly marine, thinking it…
GRIP: KK Fund in Taiwan Humanoid robot showcased at Intel’s booth. There is a moment, somewhere between the third founder meeting of the day and the walk home through streets still warm from the afternoon, when a word you have used a hundred times stops meaning what it used to mean. This summer, that word…
GRIP: GRIP: Wine, Heritage, and Hospitality in Porto, Portugal The entire cohort at Quinta da Gricha in the Douro Valley, during a wine tasting, lunch, and tour of the vineyard/winery and their winemaking operation—fermentation tanks, aging facility, etc. One of the most valuable aspects of my GRIP experience has been completing a full-time internship at…
GRIP: Hospitality & Guest Experience Intern at Churchill’s Lodge in Portugal Dusk along the Douro River with traditional rabelo boats and the Dom Luís I Bridge. Somewhere between my first and last walk down to the Douro River, a place I had never lived started to feel like home. When I first arrived in Porto,…
GRIP: Digital Marketing Intern at Glow Digital Agency in Bangkok When I first arrived in Bangkok, everything was red. The heat, the traffic, the crowded streets. In other words, it matched how I felt: excited, overwhelmed, and a bit unsure. I was tempted to just hit my brakes, but the words “tomorrow” kept turning into…
GRIP: Business Development Intern at Catbird Singapore Cover: This is me in a popular spot for watching football games within a crowd of fans watching one of Argentina’s games this world cup. The best sport in the world is unequivocally football. If it were a nation, it would be the largest on Earth, and if…
GRIP: Business Development Intern at Catbird Singapore Cover: Participants painting traditional Peranakan-inspired ceramic tiles during a cultural workshop in Singapore. It is common for Singapore to be associated with skyscrapers, finance, and innovation. But among all the glass towers and modern structures there are also some stories that go back generations. One of the most…
GRIP: Legal Research at U of Minho Law School in Portugal Cover: Picture from my first evening out, offering pasteis de nata, with a sign reading: “Teach me something in Portuguese and I will give you a pastel de nata” My greatest motivation for choosing GRIP in Braga, Portugal this summer was an opportunity for…
GRIP: UROP International Research Intern at RWTH Aachen University Cover photo: The sunset over Lousberg, which was near my dorm for the summer. After ten weeks at RWTH Aachen University, training in electron microscopy, and exploring Germany and many surrounding countries, the last week of the UROP International Program finally came. Suddenly, what felt like…
