First Generation College Student
First Generation College Student
Meet Lesley Estrada Tovar
Major/Minor: Global Studies and Political Science Major/ History Minor
Program & Location: Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Term: Spring 2022
Meet Leighann Vinesett
Major/Minor: Media and Journalism
Program & Location: College Year in Athens, Athens, Greece
Term: Summer 2021
Meet Michael Lin
Major/Minor: Chemistry
Program & Location: American University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Term: Summer 2019
Meet Esther Eikins
Major/Minor: Political Science and Global Studies, Minor in Health and Society
Program & Location: Kings College London, London, England
Term: Spring 2022
Meet Madeleine Bagshaw
Major/Minor: Biology major, Neuroscience minor
Program & Location: UNC Science in Dublin- Organic Chemistry, Dublin, Ireland
Term: Summer 2022
Meet Ziyi Zhou
Major/Minor: SOCI & COMM
Program & Location: John Cabot University, Rome, Italy
Term: Summer I 2019
Meet Oliver Chen
Major/Minor: Exercise and Sport Science
Program & Location: Lorenzo de' Medici, Florence, Italy
Term: Summer 2022
Meet Wehazit Mussie
Major/Minor: Medical Anthropology Major History and Chemistry Minor
Program & Location: Istituto Lorenzo de' Medici, Florence, Italy
Term: Summer 2024
Meet Azucena Maldonado Aguilar
Major/Minor: Information Science
Program & Location: Yonsei University (International Summer School), Seoul, South Korea
Term: Summer 2024
Meet Haley McKinney
Major/Minor: Journalism ad/pr and minor in German studies
Program & Location: Freie Universitaet Berlin (Summer Internship) - Summer, 2023, Berlin, Germany
Term: Summer 2023
Meet Jua Augustin
Major/Minor: Computer Science
Program & Location: Istituto Lorenzo de' Medici, Florence, Italy
Term: Summer 2023, session 2
Meet Neil Sharma
Major/Minor: Majors: Public Policy and Political Science. Minor: Japanese
Program & Location: Summer in Tokyo, Tokyo
Term: Summer 2023
Meet Chantelle Houston
Major/Minor: Psychology B.S., Sociology B.A.
Program & Location: Psychology Kings College London, Honors Fall 2023 London with Internship, London, United Kingdom (for both)
Term: Summer 2023, Fall 2023
Meet Isabelle Richards
Major/Minor: Advertising and Public Relations
Program & Location: DIS: Study Abroad in Scandinavia, Stockholm, Sweden
Term: Summer 2023
Meet Samara Perez Labra
Major/Minor: Sociology + Public Policy and Spanish for the Professions (minor)
Program & Location: Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
Term: Summer 2021
Meet Malkiyah Williams
Major/Minor: Major: Political Science/Sociology
Program & Location: Carolina Spring Forward at Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Term: Spring 2024
Meet Nico Wright
Major/Minor: Anthropology, Japanese
Program & Location: International Christian University, Mitaka, Japan
Term: Year 2018-2019
Meet Trinity Smith
Major/Minor: Business Administration and French Minor
Program & Location: IES Abroad Paris Summer Internship Program, Paris, France
Term: Summer 2023
Meet Jada Nappier
Major/Minor: Psychology and Political Science Major, Conflict Management Minor
Program & Location: DIS (Summer), Copenhagen, Denmark
Term: Summer 2023
Meet Ler Hser
Major/Minor: Health Policy and Management, German (minor)
Program & Location: Yonsei International Summer School, Seoul, South Korea
Term: Summer 2022
Meet Charlene Nguyen
Major/Minor: Biology (B.S) Major w/ Chemistry & Japanese Minors
Program & Location: UNC Summer in Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Term: Summer 2023
Meet Naudia Brown
Major/Minor: Psychology/Entrepreneurship
Program & Location: College Year in Athens, Athens, Greece
Term: Summer 2021
Meet Melissa Marcus
Major/Minor: Anthropology Major/Classical Humanities Minor
Program & Location: Freie Universität Berlin European Studies Program (FU-BEST), Berlin, Germany
Term: Fall 2021
Meet Tristen Best
Major/Minor: Economics & Public Policy. Data Science Minor
Program & Location: Exploring Economics in Scandinavia, Stockholm, Sweden
Term: Summer 2022
Meet Haylie Bledsaw
Major/Minor: Pre Nursing
Program & Location: Global Launch, API program at the University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Term: Fall 2022
Meet Mang Iang
Major/Minor: Environmental Health Sciences and Environmental Justice
Program & Location: Burch Research Seminar in Thailand: Social Entrepreneurship and Food Systems, Thailand
Term: Summer 2024
Meet Kwabena Asare
Major/Minor: Nursing
Program & Location: Jonkoping University, Jonkoping, Sweden
Term: Summer 2019
Meet Avery Pepler
Major/Minor: Major in Media Studies AD/PR and a Minor in WGST
Program & Location: College Year in Athens, Athens, Greece
Term: Summer 2024
Meet Ana Ocampo
Major/Minor: Nursing
Program & Location: Carolina global launch, Granada, Spain
Term: Fall 2022
Meet Yuna Yoshida
Major/Minor: Global Studies and Japanese major
Program & Location: Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Term: Spring 2019
Meet Avery Boudreau
Major/Minor: Statistics and Economics
Program & Location: American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Term: Spring 2021
Meet Alexis Byrd
Major/Minor: English, Creative Writing
Program & Location: Chinese University of Hong Kong International Summer School, Hong Kong
Term: Summer 2019
Meet Adriana Torres
Major/Minor: Health Policy and Management & Medical Anthropology
Program & Location: Freie Universität Berlin International Summer and Winter University, Berlin, Germany
Term: Summer 2023
Meet Maria Fernanda Barriga-Mateos
Major/Minor: Journalism & Media
Program & Location: Carolina Spring Forward at Korea University , Seoul, South Korea
Term: Spring 2024
Meet Katrina Borgen
Major/Minor: Environmental Sciences/Marine Science minor
Program & Location: Morehead City Field Site (UNC Institute for Marine Sciences), Morehead City, NC
Term: Fall 2023
Meet Viyada Soukthavone
Major/Minor: Media and Journalism, minor in Public Policy
Program & Location: Carolina Spring Forward - Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
Term: Spring 2024
Meet Vivian Bunker
Major/Minor: Exercise and Sport Science
Program & Location: The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Term: Spring 2023
Meet Julia Ho
Major/Minor: Nutrition Major, Chemistry Minor
Program & Location: Istituto Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy
Term: Summer 2023
Meet Anahy Santos-Mendoza
Major/Minor: Economics Major & Math Minor
Program & Location: Yonsei International Summer School, Seoul, South Korea
Term: Summer 2023
Meet Oumou Camara
Major/Minor: Psychology with a minor in Health and Society (Pre-PA)
Program & Location: UNC Neuroscience in London, London, England, UK
Term: Summer 2024
Meet Britney Hong
Major/Minor: Human Development and Family Sciences, American Studies
Program & Location: Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Term: Fall 2022
Meet Jeffery Davis Chay
Major/Minor: Media and Journalism
Program & Location: Carolina Spring Forward - Korea University , Seoul, South Korea
Term: Spring 2024
Meet Yeelim Lee
Major/Minor: Political Science/Creative Writing
Program & Location: Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Term: Academic Year (2022-2023)
Meet Jadan Zawierucha
Major/Minor: Biology and Neuroscience
Program & Location: UNC Neuropharmacology in Australia, Sydney, Australia
Term: Summer 2023
Meet Katelin Nhiep
Major/Minor: economics and political science major; business administration minor
Program & Location: API- Summer Business and International Studies at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, barcelona, spain
Term: summer 2023
Meet Lourdes Reyes-Cabrera
Major/Minor: Biology & Minor in Chemistry and Spanish for the Health Professions
Program & Location: University of Nicosia, Summer in Cyprus: Pre-Med, Nicosia, Cyprus
Term: Summer 2024
Meet Savannah McLemore
Major/Minor: Global Studies; Double Minor in History and Spanish for the Legal Professions
Program & Location: Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Term: Spring 2024
Meet Shawn Dawson
Major/Minor: Political Science Major/ Women and Gender Studies and Asian Studies Minor
Program & Location: LONDON: CRIMINAL JUSTICE A Burch Field Seminar MAKING AND UNMAKING A CRIMINAL: THE INTERSECTION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND HEALTH LAW AND POLICY, London, United Kingdom
Term: Summer 2023
Meet Daniel Liu
Major/Minor: Information Science
Program & Location: Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Seoul, South Korea
Term: Spring 2021
Meet Hanna Wondmagegn
Major/Minor: Photojournalism (Media and Journalism) and Food Studies
Program & Location: Gustolab International Food Systems and Sustainability, Rome, Italy
Term: Summer 2019
Meet Olivia Clark
Major/Minor: Anthropology and Global Studies double major with a possible minor in art
Program & Location: YISS Program and then Yonsei (SAY) Program, Seoul, South Korea
Term: Summer 2021 and starting Spring 2022
Meet Siddhida Pandya
Major/Minor: Statistics and Data Science with an Information Science Minor
Program & Location: Danish Institute for Study-Abroad, Copenhagen, Denmark
Term: Summer 2024
Meet Ander Naugle
Major/Minor: Biology with a minor in Chemistry and Marine Sciences
Program & Location: UNC Science in Dublin (Dublin City University St. Patricks Campus), Dublin, Ireland
Term: Summer 2022
Meet James ("Logan") Dosher
Major/Minor: Chinese, Global Studies
Program & Location: Weir Fellowship (CET), Taipei, Taiwan
Term: Summer 2019 (NSLI-Y), Weir Fellow (Spring 2023-Summer 2023)
Meet Noa Roxborough
Major/Minor: Global Studies and Philosophy, French minor
Program & Location: Sciences Po, Paris, France
Term: Spring 2024
Meet Brandy Abreu
Major/Minor: HDFS Major/ Asian Studies Minor
Program & Location: Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Term: Spring 2021
Meet Mikayla Warguez
Major/Minor: Earth and Marine Science B.S.
Program & Location: Carolina Spring Forward - Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Term: Spring 2024
Meet Emily Jackson
Major/Minor: Biology and Women's & Gender Studies Double Major
Program & Location: DIS - Study Abroad in Scandinavia, Copenhagen, Denmark
Term: Summer 2021
Meet Bryant Thai
Major/Minor: Information Science
Program & Location: University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Term: Fall 2018
Meet Olivia Mwangi
Major/Minor: Double majoring in Biology and Medical Anthropology with a minor in chemistry
Program & Location: DIS Study Abroad in Scandinavia, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark and Greece. I also did extra traveling in Italy and Switzerland
Term: Summer 2023
Meet Kathy Zhong
Major/Minor: Advertising and Public Relations
Program & Location: Korea University (International Summer Campus), Seoul, South Korea
Term: Summer 2021
Meet Brooklynn Barnett
Major/Minor: Biology/Chemistry & HSLO minor
Program & Location: UNC Science in Scandinavia (BIOL 260), Copenhagen, Denmark
Term: Summer 2023
Meet Safiye Yasan
Major/Minor: Biology Major, Spanish for the Health Professions Minor
Program & Location: Carolina Spring Forward, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Term: Spring 2024
Meet Keoana Nettles
Major/Minor: Major: Communications Minors: Education/Social and Economic Justice
Program & Location: UNC Working Globally In Denmark, Copenhagen, Denamrk
Term: Summer 2020
Meet Lily Yang
Major/Minor: Management & Society and Chinese
Program & Location: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Term: Spring 2019
Meet Joseph Hinchcliffe
Major/Minor: Biology BS
Program & Location: The University of Melbourne, Exchange, Melbourne, Australia
Term: Spring 2023
Meet Toino McLemore
Major/Minor: Global Studies - International Politics in Latin America. Minors in History and Spanish for the Legal Professions
Program & Location: Carolina Spring Forward, Granada, Spain
Term: Spring 2024
Meet Delaney Rodriguez
Major/Minor: Global Studies and Portuguese with a minor in Linguistics
Program & Location: CET Brazil: São Paulo Social Justice and Inequality and the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
Term: Spring 2024
Meet Alex Moffitt
Major/Minor: Psychology/Social and Economic Justice
Program & Location: UNC Honors Shakespeare in London and Oxford, London and Oxford, England
Term: Summer 2019