Ariel Bermudez
*CIEE Scholarship
<i>Hello in your host country language</i>: Hola
<i> University</i>: Gonzaga University
<i>Expected graduation year</i>: 2019
<i>Destination</i>: Santiago de Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
<i>Program Provider</i>: CIEE
<i>Major / Minor</i>: Biology/Social Justice & Solidarity / Leadership Studies
<i>Language of Study</i>: Spanish
<i>Demographic background</i>: First-generation, Chicano
<i>Future career aspirations</i>: Dentistry and Public Health
<i>Top 3 goals for study abroad</i>: To learn about community health, social change and activism in DR; To explore what it means for people to hold their Dominican identity with respect to AfroLatinidad and how this influences their perception of their own positionality in various spaces.
