What is/are your major(s)?
Economics and International Studies
What is the name of your study abroad program?
In what city & country is your study abroad program located?
London, United Kingdom
What is something you would like the blog readers to know about you that they wouldn’t know by just looking at you?
My mom is Bolivian and my dad is Bangladeshi, and no one can ever guess my ethnicity.
What is one thing that you are most anticipating about your study abroad experience?
As an Economics and INTS major, I geek out a lot about how international entities (countries, firms, cities, people, what have you) function and position themselves within the world, ranging from jobs to food to transportation to fashion. Academically, London fascinates me. It is one of two cities classified as Alpha++ by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Research Network’s urban classification system, meaning it is one of the most integrated and highly advanced cities in the global economy (the other is New York City). So, the prospect of simply being in an Alpha++ city for a few months and really seeing it from the perspective of someone that lives there is the most exciting to me – I want to know what it’s like to live in such a city that has so much economic, cultural, historical and diverse significance behind it.
Why did you decide to study abroad? or What inspired you to study abroad?
Not counting the fact that a study abroad program is required for the International Studies major, I mostly wanted to go abroad as a personal growth mission. I have never truly lived away from home with my parents, and I think that being abroad in a new country will (hopefully) induce self-growth by forcing me to live on my own in a new place for a while.
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