Felicia Zhornitsky spent a month in Peru, volunteering with Sacred Valley Health to support community health workers in Quechua-speaking villages. This experience deepened her commitment to culturally sensitive, community-based healthcare and reinforced her dedication to pursuing a medical career that bridges healthcare systems and underserved populations.
Participating in the UC Davis Summer Abroad Thailand program in Bangkok, Brittany sought personal and intellectual growth, immersing herself in a new culture to understand climate resilience within the Southeast Asian context.
Embarking on her Latinx health internship in Mexico, Melanie embraced a quarter abroad that was filled with clinical observations, cultural exchanges and personal growth.
"Global Aggies: Sophia at Sea" is a blog series chronicling undergrad Sophia Mares de Juan’s journey as she travels, by ship, around the world studying abroad for a semester. Sophia is participating in the Semester at Sea program and will be blogging throughout the next five months—sharing advice, photos and reflections along the way.
"Global Aggies: Sophia at Sea" is a blog series chronicling undergrad Sophia Mares de Juan’s journey as she travels, by ship, around the world studying abroad for a semester. Sophia is participating in the Semester at Sea program and will be blogging throughout the next five months—sharing advice, photos and reflections along the way.
"Global Aggies: Sophia at Sea" is a blog series chronicling undergrad Sophia Mares de Juan’s journey as she travels, by ship, around the world studying abroad for a semester. Sophia is participating in the Semester at Sea program and will be blogging throughout the next five months—sharing advice, photos and reflections along the way.
"Global Aggies: Sophia at Sea" is a blog series chronicling undergrad Sophia Mares de Juan’s journey as she travels, by ship, around the world studying abroad for a semester. Sophia is participating in the Semester at Sea program and will be blogging throughout the next five months—sharing advice, photos and reflections along the way.
Sophia Mares de Juan, a second year UC Davis College of Letters and Science major in sociology and minor in human rights, took a gap year prior to arriving at UC Davis and shares her experience with Up With People, an independent study abroad program focused on global challenges and community service.
Fionna Huang, a senior at UC Davis majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology, reflects on her “year of physics” in Hong Kong through the UCEAP Summer Physics program.
