By: Felicia Chen, Nursing ’22 Felicia (center) at her internship in Vietnam Friends for Street Children – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam If I could describe Vietnam in one word it would be: flexible. The flexibility of calling motorbikes through three different transportation services and swiveling through the obstructed maze-like roads– unregulated, unquestioned. The flexibility…
By: Anisa Hasan-Granier CAS ’20 Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) – Asunción, Paraguay I come from a mixed background (Pakistani/British on my mother’s side, and French on my father’s). While it can be challenging to balance these sometimes clashing identities, this blend has also given me advantages in terms of adaptability as I have grown…
By: Kathleen Givan, SEAS ’21 Guatemala Health Initiative – Santiago Atitlán Six tips for a beautiful summer in Guatemala: Bring peanut butter Bring enough peanut butter for lunches the first month–but no more. You’ll discover quickly a tough gap between breakfast and dinner…where are you supposed to get your food?? For the first month, a…
By: Xiong Her, GSE ’20 Visiting an elephant sanctuary in Thailand UNESCO – Bangkok, Thailand There are so many amazing moments as I reflect on my experiences, professionally, socially, and culturally, while living and interning with UNESCO in Bangkok, Thailand. For instance, on July 11 and 12, I assisted my team, Non-Formal Education and Literacy, on…
By: Ria Jain, Wharton ’22 Leap Skills Academy Pvt. Ltd – New Delhi, India Growing up, I learned to say “thank you,” and to say it a lot. I say it when a stranger holds the door for me, when a classmate says “bless you,” when a friend asks me how I’m doing, and when…
By: Fatima Al Rashed, CAS ’22 Fatima (right) enjoying a meal with fellow interns and colleagues Power Up Gambia Hospital – Bwiam, Gambia The Gambia is one of the most beautiful countries I have ever visited in my life. It is a place that I now call home. Everything is beautiful about The Gambia, but…
By: Stephanie Diaz, CAS ’20 Stephanie (right) with fellow GRIP interns Xavier Lee (left) and Rachel Chu (center) at the Penn Wharton China Center Cadence Translate – Beijing, China When I applied to intern at Cadence Translate, I was primarily interested in the unique role that the company plays in the translation and language services…
By: Heta Patel, CAS ’21 Guatemala Health Initiative – Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala At the wee hour of 5 am, my body jolted to the sound of my alarm going off. Although waking up early wasn’t unusual, (I’ve had to take the 6 am lancha or boat to go to work) today was no ordinary day. We were…
By: Linda Wang, CAS ’22 Lien Centre for Social Innovation – Singapore As an international student, I’ve always known that there is a small chance I won’t be able to get a permanent work visa or a green card, meaning I’ll have to work and live somewhere outside of the U.S. after graduation. I’ve kept…
By: Amy Yang, Wharton ’22 Amy (second from left) with Lynk at RISE, a tech conference in Asia Lynk – Hong Kong My time at Lynk Global–a startup that helps consulting agencies find industry experts–has been filled with memorable interactions, but by far one of the most unforgettable experiences happened at RISE, the biggest tech…