By: Needhi Mehta, CAS ’20 Needhi (third from left) and other GRIP interns taking a hike up Mount Batur in Bali, Indonesia Lien Centre for Social Innovation – Singapore “Jhavadho, je che eh che!”- “Let it go, it is what it is” I hear my aunt tell my mother when she reminisces for a second on…
By: Neelu Paleti, CAS ’21 Neelu (right) conducting fieldwork in Sri Lanka with a fellow research assistant from Sri Lanka. International Center for Ethnic Studies – Kandy, Sri Lanka Despite the wind blowing around me, beads of sweat formed on my forehead as I sat waiting for my first interview. This wasn’t like any of the previous…
By: Mariana Velasco, Huntsman ’22 University of Minho Law School – Braga, Portugal As an intern at the Law School at the University of Minho I have been able to work in multiple projects, but I would like to focus on my favorite one so far. The first couple of weeks I had the incredible…
By: Sophie Thorel, Wharton ’21 Drishti Works – Mumbai, India Come 1:30 pm, I’m seized with the classic excitement derived from both stomach and mind: where to for lunch today? Every day my lunch break brings new flavors and textures: from dosas with coconut chutney, to thepla and moong and chaat and idli and dozens…
By: Alana Adams, CAS ’20 Alana Adams (back row, third from left) and other GRIP interns and Ashoka co-workers Ashoka – Mexico City, Mexico This summer, I had the privilege of working for Ashoka at the Impact Hub in Mexico City. What struck me, not only about the Ashoka, but the Impact Hub itself, was…
By: Leechen Zhu, CAS ’21 Environmental Sustainability in Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam I faced baskets and baskets of green mangoes. Only green mangoes. I didn’t even know green mangoes of this shape could be ripe. The vendor pointed at each one and rattled off the list of varieties, not that…
By: Shreya Naraparaju, CAS ’22 Business in Sydney – Sydney, Australia If you were to ask any of my friends to describe me, the last word they would probably use is reckless. As someone who doesn’t like taking risks, I always go into any situation with a set plan (in addition to a plan b,…
By: Cindy Luo, CAS ’20 PGS – Multiple GRIP – Legal Research in Braga – Braga, Portugal I look back at my college career as a senior, and I am privileged and grateful to have had a plethora of global experiences and opportunities through Penn. And each time that I find myself in a completely…
By: Shaila Lothe, CAS ’22 Social Impact in Buenos Aires – Buenos Aires, Argentina Before my internship in Buenos Aires, I was dreading the idea of eating dinner every day at 9 PM. As someone who normally eats around 6 or 7 PM, I wondered how Argentines went from lunch at 2 PM to dinner…
By: Shaila Lothe, CAS ’22 Social Impact in Buenos Aires – Buenos Aires, Argentina In my time in Buenos Aires, I have started making myself at home. I’ve fallen into familiar routines. For example, each workday around 1 PM, I start making my way to my favorite lunch place. A few blocks away, the owner…