Berkley Center

Alero Oyinlola (C’22) reflects on the way her study abroad experience in Strasbourg, France, taught her more about herself and about French society, education, religious systems, and ways of life than she could have imagined when she first arrived.

Fatima Ugbede Yunusa (SFS’24) reflects on how she overcome her initial anxiety about studying in Qatar and realized that past experiences and popular media narratives are not enough to give us holistic perspectives on places we have never been.

Daanyal Ebrahim (SFS’25) reflects on the way his Georgetown friends' curiosity and interest in his upbringing and their support for his multifaceted identity has made him more comfortable in being an international nomad with cultural connections to both Hong Kong and India.