Working for peace against a backdrop of chaos
Mount Holyoke’s Rosalyn Leban ’18 had plans to serve a community in Nicaragua. Civil unrest changed her project but not her commitment.
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Mount Holyoke’s Rosalyn Leban ’18 had plans to serve a community in Nicaragua. Civil unrest changed her project but not her commitment.
“I found myself at Mount Holyoke. I learned self-reliance in a foreign country. I realized I have control over my life. I need to be responsible for it.”
“I’ve become more cautious about viewing the experiences of others. I now prioritize, above everything, seeing the world through their perspective.”
Virginia Guerra ’19 shares her experience as a Cuban American from Miami, Florida experiencing winter in New England.
Stella Elwood ’19 turned to the Makerspace to create an effective, affordable tool for use in veterinary medicine.
I learned to ask questions fearlessly and make mistakes. No one knows everything. The only way to learn and move forward is by asking and doing.
MHC was a critical stepping-stone from my academic interests to a career bettering the lives of the poor and marginalized.
“CBL prepares students to go out into the workforce, remembering that you can work for a corporation but still find a way to positively impact people.”
Students learned to create book trailers to spark interest and to entice others to read important literary works by Spanish writers.
I worked in the Public Affairs Office which dealt with communicating to the public and news media about the EPA.