First Generation College Student
First Generation College Student

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 Tristen Best
Major/Minor: Economics & Public Policy. Data Science Minor
Program & Location: Exploring Economics in Scandinavia, Stockholm, Sweden
Term: Summer 2022

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 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 Ziyi Zhou
Major/Minor: SOCI & COMM
Program & Location: John Cabot University, Rome, Italy
Term: Summer I 2019

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 Naudia Brown
Major/Minor: Psychology/Entrepreneurship
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 Lily Yang
Major/Minor: Management & Society and Chinese
Program & Location: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Term: Spring 2019

Meet Madeleine Bagshaw
Major/Minor: Biology major, Neuroscience minor
Program & Location: UNC Science in Dublin- Organic Chemistry, Dublin, Ireland
Term: Summer 2022

Meet Alexis Byrd
Major/Minor: English, Creative Writing
Program & Location: Chinese University of Hong Kong International Summer School, Hong Kong
Term: Summer 2019

Meet Bryant Thai
Major/Minor: Information Science
Program & Location: University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Term: Fall 2018

Meet Oliver Chen
Major/Minor: Exercise and Sport Science
Program & Location: Lorenzo de' Medici, Florence, Italy
Term: Summer 2022

Meet Avery Boudreau
Major/Minor: Statistics and Economics
Program & Location: American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Term: Spring 2021

Meet Nico Wright
Major/Minor: Anthropology, Japanese
Program & Location: International Christian University, Mitaka, Japan
Term: Year 2018-2019

Meet Kwabena Asare
Major/Minor: Nursing
Program & Location: Jonkoping University, Jonkoping, Sweden
Term: Summer 2019

Meet Yuna Yoshida
Major/Minor: Global Studies and Japanese major
Program & Location: Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Term: Spring 2019

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 Lesley Estrada Tovar
Major/Minor: Global Studies and Political Science Major/ History Minor
Program & Location: Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Term: Spring 2022

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 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 Kathy Zhong
Major/Minor: Advertising and Public Relations
Program & Location: Korea University (International Summer Campus), Seoul, South Korea
Term: Summer 2021

Meet Daniel Liu
Major/Minor: Information Science
Program & Location: Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Seoul, South Korea
Term: Spring 2021

Meet Brandy Abreu
Major/Minor: HDFS Major/ Asian Studies Minor
Program & Location: Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Term: Spring 2021

Meet Leighann Vinesett
Major/Minor: Media and Journalism
Program & Location: College Year in Athens, Athens, Greece
Term: Summer 2021

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 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