Chinenye Okafor

Meet Chinenye, our #humansofOISS this week!

Q. Where are you from and what are you doing here?
My name is Chinenye Okafor, and I come from Nigeria, and I'm here at Yale doing a Masters of Public Health. I graduate this year!!

Q. What is your favorite thing about where you come from?
My favorite thing about Nigeria is the multicultural setting! I love the variety in foods, the richness of tradition, and the varying and intriguing perspectives of the people.

Julia Hwang

For this week's #humansofOISS edition, we talked to Julia Hwang, a MMA student at @yale.music , and originally from Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Q: Julia, is there something people from the U.S. frequently get wrong about your home country?
A: I think that the common perceptions people have about the UK are all right, unfortunately - it does rain a lot, yes, and we get very excited by the slightest show of snow.

Ketaki Joshi

This week, meet Ketaki!

Q. Where are you from and what are you doing here?
A. “Hey, I am Ketaki Joshi. I hail from Pune, also known as the “Oxford of the East,” located in western India. I am pursuing a Ph.D in Computer Science from Yale and expect to graduate in 2024.”

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