Since we're not quite ready to get back into in-person interviews yet, we've decided to start a slightly new version of #humansofOISS if you're interested in sharing some of what you love about where you come from, DM us right now and we'll be in touch!
This week, meet Abdessamad Belgada, who also goes by Samad.
Zeki Tan is a first year student in Pauli Murray College. He comes from the Philippines, though he also lived in New Zealand for a few years when he was younger. Yale came as a bit of a surprise to Zeki, given that he was initially planning on attending college in either the Philippines or New Zealand! But COVID happened, and things fell into place, and here he is!
Manushi Kumar is here at Yale for her one-year Masters in International and Development Economics. She comes from Gurgaon, India and did her undergraduate degree - also in Economics - at Delhi University. After graduating, she worked in management consulting for a year. But when Covid struck, she decided to take a year off and spent her time learning French and computer programming languages.
Introducing you to our amazing OISS Student Worker for this week!
“Hello! My name is Isabella Romero Stefanoni and I am a freshman at Saybrook College. I am from Puebla, Mexico, and a potential Global Affairs and English major. My hobbies include reading, baking, cooking, film, and spending time with friends and family. I am excited to work at OISS this semester!”
- Isabella Romero Stefanoni, Mexico, Yale College, Class of 2025
#oissstudentworkers #humansofoiss #yalecollege #yale
Though those red and black chairs and tables outside Sterling don't look so comfortable, they are surprisingly easy to sit on when you're having an interesting conversation. Ziv Ben-Zion and I chatted on one of those hot-and-cold mornings on the red and black chairs. Ziv is a post-doc in Neuroscience here at Yale. He comes from northern Israel, and received his Bachelors and PhD degrees from Tel Aviv University.
Drumroll please…introducing you to Zayyan, another wonderful addition to our OISS Student Worker team!
Eugenio Saenz Flores is a second year student at the School of Drama, studying Technical Design and Production. That means he's almost half of the way through his four year degree! His path to the theatre is not as straightforward as one might think for someone who so obviously loves what he does so much. Eugenio is from Mexico, “born and bred.” He went to Canada for college and started off on track to get a theatre and business degree, but pretty soon into that program and without taking a single business class, he realized that that life just wasn't for him. So he left!
On a crisp day over Fall Break, Anthony Etim and I met at the benches outside Pauli Murray, or, alternatively, by the Food Trucks (for those who aren't familiar with the undergraduate college layout!) One of the most astonishing things about Anthony is that he graduated from high school in Nigeria at 16, and is starting his PhD in Electrical Engineering here at Yale at the youthful age of 20. Talk about genius!
Martin and I met on the steps of Sterling Memorial Library on a stormy afternoon last week. This weather was rather incongruent with our bright conversation and Martin's charming smile! Martin comes from the sunny country of Ecuador, but moved to Buenos Aires for his undergraduate degree in Political Science. After that he completed a Masters in Political Theory at the University of Essex in the UK before coming to America to pursue his PhD. Martin is at Yale as a visiting doctoral fellow from Tulane University, currently in his third year of what he hopes will be a five year PhD.
On a very **Fall** day, Vanessa Bittner and I met up to talk about her life. Vanessa is someone you'll be seeing a lot of here on IG in the next few weeks, because she is OISS' new DEI fellow (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion fellow). More to come about this, but just know that Vanessa is eager to help you navigate your way through the murky waters of being an international person in America! She comes from Germany, and was actually here during her undergrad years (at Konstanz University in Germany) for an internship at Dwight Hall!
