Below you will find our scholar blog posts – they cover a variety of topics, from arriving in the U.S. to interning with a stellar company to post-graduation dreams.
| By: Diane Ingabire I am glad that I am always developing different skills at Spelman. Spelman gave me an opportunity to explore a lot both in my major and outside it. In November, I got a chance to attend the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) that took place in Indianapolis, Indiana. The conference was a learning experience for me and allowed me to develop different skills as a college student. I had an opportunity to present my UCLA summer research, where I had a chance to practice my presentation by presenting it and getting some feedback from |
 My SHE-CAN Beloit sisters! Left: Gaju, Chamnan, Guech and me. |  Left: Stella (Ghana), me, Hannah (Texas & Korea), Vy (Vietnam), and Chamnan (Cambodia). |
| By: Chamnan Suon In Cambodia, New Year’s Eve is not considered a big holiday. Since this was my first New Year’s celebration in the United States, my mentor Megan Dorsey and her parents, Patty and Jim, decided to made it really special for me and my SHE-CAN sisters by hosting a NYE sleepover party for us in San Francisco. My mentor Amanda Reidhead, who lives in Arizona, even flew in with her children Hannah and Erick in to join the celebration. Eight of my SHE-CAN Cambodian and Rwandan sisters joined the party – six freshmen and two juniors –and we all spent |
| By: Nich Vunn It’s the end of the year, which is a great time to reflect on the wonderful moments of 2018 and to say thank you to the people I love. Over the past few months at Gettysburg College, I have already grown far beyond what I had hoped and expected. I knew it was going to be different and challenging, but life-changing. My journey began when I first landed at John F. Kennedy airport in NYC on the 12th of August. After almost a 24 hours flight from Siem Reap, Cambodia, I was beaten down. I was tired |
 | After waiting over six months, here I am! I’m in the United States of America! I can immediately cross one BIG thing off my bucket list. With my mentors and SHE-CAN staff waiting at the airport, I felt so welcomed. Cameras flashed on me from all angles making me feel like a rock star.My first stop was San Francisco, one of the cities in the world with pretty views and diverse food. My mentors took me to Soul Cycle, and I loved it. I had a lot of fun while I burned some calories.After one week, it was move-in day at Bucknell University. We went shopping at Walmart and Target, huge malls with everything you could possibly look for. Two more places were crossed off my list. |
 | Melissa Printon, who is one of my mentors’ sister, then took me to her house. The next morning, we had a tour at the Profeta Farms, where she currently works. It was eye-opening to see the local and organic the farm produce. The way they raised cows, pigs, and chickens is very humane. The size of the chicken house was built for twice the numbers of chickens raised. They were fed with natural feeds that were processed on the farm, to reduce animal cruelty and carbon emission while transporting the chickens back and forth. This farm was the opposite of an industrial farm. All cows are grass-fed, and relocated to different fields to enrich the nutrients of the ground for planting crops. |