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Mikel Aundrea Snow

<i>Pronouns:</i> She/her <i>Home Institution:</i> Western Kentucky University <i>Expected Graduation:</i> 2024 <i>Major / Minor:</i> Social Work / Family Home Visiting <i>Study Abroad Location:</i> Tanzania <i>"Hello" in your host country's language:</i> Hujambo <i>Program Provider:</i> KIIS <i>Identity:</i> African American/Black, First-Generation College Student <i>Future Career Goals:</i> My future career goals include advocacy through social work. I want to advocate for all mankind, but I specifically want to work with troubled youth/ juveniles. I believe focusing on the youth is focusing on the future. I want to illustrate to troubled youth/juveniles that the route they are currently going on doesn’t have to be the one they take; there is always a choice to grow from a situation. In the future, I also want to obtain my Master’s degree and Ph.D. in social work and soon after that start a non-profit organization for youth affected by parental incarceration. <i>Top 3 Goals for your time abroad:</i> My top 3 goals for my time abroad include gaining practical hands-on experience that I wouldn't acquire at my university, obtaining a deeper understanding and appreciation for a culture other than my own, and exemplifying to other minority students that scholastic opportunities such as studying abroad are attainable.