GRIP: Business Development in Singapore 4 weeks into Singapore, and I’m still nowhere close to being tired of the sights. Every neighborhood has its own personality, every walk uncovers something new, and every sunset somehow feels different from the last. These photos are a glimpse of what my evenings and weekends have looked like. Even…
GRIP: Engineering Reserach in Aachen, Germany Cover image: Architecture in Maastricht Stranded at the train station for two hours in 40 degree Fahrenheit weather was definitely not the warmest welcome I expected to receive in Aachen. This was unfortunately not the biggest hurdle of my trip so far. Of course, adjusting to a new country…
GRIP: Business Sydney Cover image: Blue Mountains If you told Freshman year me at the beginning of the year that I’d be doing data analytics in Sydney, Australia, I probably would have given you a confused look. Although I didn’t exactly my first-choice internship placement in Australia, I stepped into something unfamiliar has been one…
GRIP: Media in Seoul Cover image: A picture of other Penn people and I enjoying a barbecue meal. When coming to Seoul, I expected my favorite memories to be sightseeing at unfamiliar locations or shopping in bustling environments. What I never expected was to enjoy so much of Seoul’s food. Grabbing meals after work with…
GRIP: Engineering Research in Aachen, Germany Cover image: Paragliding over the Swiss Alps! At the end of my summer in Europe, I found myself standing on the edge of a mountain in Switzerland, waiting for take-off. I remember looking down and thinking that this was probably the most literal version of “taking a leap of…
GRIP: FinTech in Medellin Cover image: One of my favorite reminders that there were real people and real machines behind every number in my model. I spent much of my summer tracing aircraft costs through spreadsheets, but some of the best learning happened when I stepped away from the screen— talking with the Aerialoop team,…
GRIP: Entrepreneurship in Buenos Aires Cover image: An afternoon at Plaza Independencia, in the middle of Mendoza. After four weeks in Argentina, I’ve spent most of my time in Buenos Aires, so the city has shaped how I see life here. But just one week in Mendoza, where my mom grew up, showed me how…
GRIP: Guatemala Health Initiative 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 and greets each person…
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 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 was technology.…
