By: Sophia Fraga, CAS ’20 Science Workshop – Hong Kong I’ve never been good at directions– in fact, I still struggle with telling right and left. For most of my life, I’ve relied heavily on google maps to get me from A to B. Before coming to Hong Kong, I decided that I would not…
By: Gillian Diebold, CAS ’21 Done Comunicación – Buenos Aires, Argentina Some of the best experiences one can have are those unplanned, those not found in any guide book or website. In my time so far in Buenos Aires, these experiences have been the little things: discovering new cafes or streets filled with art and…
By: Eric Wang, CAS ’21 DAS Marketing Service, Siegel+Gale – Shanghai, China Growing up in a Chinese family, I have learned Mandarin as my first language. I attended public elementary school in China, but I have not spoken Mandarin often ever since I left China at the age of eleven. In America, the only time…
By: Stephanie Tran Rojas, Nursing ’20 Lien Centre for Social Innovation – Singapore When first entering the office of the media team, I felt a worried chill zing through me. “What if I can’t make friends?” However, this doubt quickly dissipated amongst the lighthearted banter of the group. I was introduced to the team, added…
By: Miyu Ono, SEAS ’21 Eight Roads Ventures – Tokyo, Japan Roppongi, Tokyo is filled with soaring, sleek towers – a testament to the modern edge that Japan prides itself on. The building my internship is located in is no different. From the start, I was impressed by the elegant design and the vibrant urban…
By: Danielle Goh, Wharton ’20 KK Fund – Singapore One of the most surprising things about working at KK Fund is that every day is rarely the same: I’ll be assigned to attending tech/startup conferences, hearing the pitches of startups, writing industry reports and everything in between. Unlike a lot of traditional internships in finance,…
By: Khizrah Naveed, CAS ’20 Liwwa – Amman, Jordan The old ruins of the citadel watch over the city from Jabal Al-Qaela, the highest hill in Amman. Its fortified walls look over the city’s inhabitants and the half-toppled columns of the Temple of Hercules still loom of over all those who come to visit the…
By: Rachel Weinstein, CAS ’20 StartSomeGood – Sydney, Australia I have found myself facing a striking internal contradiction, stuck between feeling like a visitor on the opposite end of the world and a native Sydney resident rushing to work each morning and scoffing at the tourists who pause and clog the sidewalks. I know to…
By: Madeline McGovern, SEAS ’19 Gambia Goat Dairy Food plays a major role in my life. I wake up thinking about breakfast, dream about lunch as soon as I have cleaned my oatmeal dishes, plan dinner while eating lunch and go to bed excited for breakfast in 8 hours. However, in the US I wouldn’t…
By: Zoe Walker, CAS ’21 Sydney Story Factory – Australia For the past year, I have answered the question, “What do you want to do?” with a variety of vague, searching, tongue-in-cheek responses. That has not changed after a week and a half in Australia: I still have little idea what my professional path will…