Internationalie

This week I am joined by my very dear friend Haime. Haime was born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. After graduating from high school in Ethiopia, she moved to Boston and attended Bunker Hill Community College and then transferred to Wentworth Institute of technology to study Architecture in which she is currently attending her last year. In this episode, we discussed our journeys navigating s...

This week I was joined by my very dear friend Asiya. She is from Karachi, Pakistan and was an international student at Mount Holyoke College, where she double majored in International Relations and Psychology. Currently, she is working as a Research Officer at the Collective for Social Science Research and works on multi-disciplinary projects with a focus on development, civic spaces, gender, demo...

This week I was joined by my very dear friend Feven. Feven is from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She is currently a senior student at Seton Hall University in New Jersey majoring in Nursing.  In this episode, we discussed how we each navigated our own independence while in college. From spiritual to financial independence and what it means to find your voice as an independent international student.

This week, I was joined by my very dear friend Anisha. She grew up in both the US and India and went to Smith College and graduated in May 2018. Her major was Chemistry and she is currently working as a research assistant in infectious disease epidemiology. In this episode, we discussed our journey of career indecision, especially the moments that led us to choose a different path than the one set...

This week, I was joined by my very dear friend Nishan S Kassahun. She is from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Nishan came to the US in 2016 with a basketball scholarship but took a different route to join North Carolina State University. In 2020, she got her Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources. Currently she working at Amazon and is also a part-tim...

This week I was joined by my dear friend Patriciah. She is from Nairobi, Kenya and is currently a senior at Smith College. Patriciah is an Economics and Mathematics double major and is also pursuing a concentration in Global Financial Institutions. In this episode, we explored our journeys dealing with study abroad while in college. We discussed the reasons why some international students decide t...

This week, I was joined by my very dear friend Beti. She is from Ethiopia and currently she is a senior studying Chemistry at Smith College. She is involved in community health on campus and also in Sierra Leone. In this episode, we explored our own personal wellness journey. We talked about how the habits we form in college play a significant role in our adult lives. We discussed how stress and w...

This week, I was joined by my very dear friend Beti. She is from Ethiopia and currently she is a senior studying Chemistry at Smith College. She is involved in community health on campus and also in Sierra Leone. This episode was one of the most honest and raw conversations I have ever had. We talked about how we each dealt with loss in our own personal journeys in college. We discussed the stages...

This week, I was joined by my very dear friend Anuska. Anuska is from Kolkata, India. She went to Smith College and graduated in May 2019. She double majored in Economics and Psychology. After graduation, she worked at a think-tank in Washington DC doing Economics and Policy research. She recently moved back to her home country India. In this episode we talked about the expectations international...

This week, I was joined by my colleague and dear friend Makeda. She is from Addis Ababa and attended Addis Ababa University Law School. She then went to Boston College School of Law where she received her L.L.M in Human Rights and she is currently working within the Ethiopian judiciary. In this episode, we had a conversation centered around representation and what it means to represent your cultur...