GRIP: Finance Intern at Stethy Cover photo: Hiking in Australia’s Blue Mountains There is a beach five hours south of Sydney where the sand is the whitest in the world. Somebody measured it. There is a number for it somewhere. We got there on a Saturday with a sunburn on my neck and a work…
GRIP: The Open Classroom, Hong Kong Cover photo: Post-storm views from the Star Ferry If I had a nickel for every person who warned me about the inclement summer weather in Hong Kong, I’d be able to buy a third umbrella. Their words had merit, though—navigating puddle-ridden sidewalks has become second nature, and my appearance…
GRIP: KK Fund in Taipei, Taiwan Cover photo: Solo Traveling in Asia, in Kyoto Japan “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you.” — Anthony Bourdain I remember staring out the airplane window somewhere over the…
GRIP: Nursing Research in Dublin Cover photo: lamb feeding time I have had the amazing opportunity to live in Ireland while completing a nursing research internship at Trinity College Dublin. My research focuses on the co-design of nursing curricula, which means looking at how nursing education can be developed collaboratively with students, faculty, and healthcare…
GRIP: Teacher at The OPEN Classroom in Hong Kong Cover Image: Exploring Hong Kong’s waterfalls Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of sonder. sonder (noun) – the strong feeling of realizing that every person you see has their own life story in which they are the most important person Hong Kong is…
GRIP: Designer Intern at Fobworld in Seoul, South Korea Cover photo: Pork Belly Rose Pasta “We should try this restaurant.”“We should go try this.” For months before arriving in Seoul, South Korea, these phrases bounced endlessly between me and my friends. Seoul is an epicenter: a robust food scene, skincare around every corner, technology woven…
GRIP: Engineering Research in Aachen, Germany Cover photo: Me and my friends from the program on a boat tour in Cologne. Two days after my last final, I was on a plane to Germany. At the time, life felt like one big fever dream. I had just barely finished packing up one part of my…
Contact Ask Me About… I spent my summer working at a Port wine producer in Porto, Portugal, but some of my favorite memories have almost nothing to do with wine. Ask me about the walk to work through Jardim de Morro and along the Douro River, which I complained about when I first arrived and…
Contact Ask Me About… My closest friends at Penn did not study abroad, so leaving them to go abroad for a semester was definitely nerve-wracking. I did not know anyone in my home city (Barcelona, Spain): a complete fresh start. While it took time to make friends and find community, I now have lifelong friends…
GRIP: Sales and Marketing Intern in Sydney, Australia Manifestation is real. Before applying to GRIP, I had pulpit out into the world that I was going to have an amazing summer. I did not necessarily know what that meant. I was not looking for the internship that would determine the rest of my career, nor…
