Valencia Briseus
*Rainbow Scholarship
<i>Hello in your host country language</i>: ใใใซใกใฏ (Kon'nichiwa)
<i>University</i>: University of South Florida
<i>Expected graduation year</i>: 2018
<i>Destination</i>: Akita City, Japan
<i>Program Provider</i>: Akita International University
<i>Major / Minor</i>: Psychology
<i>Language of Study</i>: Japanese
<i>Demographic background</i>: First-generation, LGBTQ, African-American
<i>Future career aspirations</i>: Working with minority groups as a social worker to provide access to proper care and services; hope to work in Japan in the future
<i>Top 3 goals for study abroad</i>: To learn Japanese; To understand Japanese culture and politics; To educate my future classmates on American, Haitian, and LGBT culture.
