• Baker, Breeanne
• Blake, Jerethia
• Bridges, Tartisha
• Crappio, Melissa
• Greene, Elizabeth
• Hammell, Brandy
• Hillmann, Katharine
• Holloway, Susanne
• Jackson, Michele
• Lowry, Loren
• Marinelli, Kathleen
• Massengill, Virginia
• McCoy, Jennifer
• Metzger, Autumn
• Poole, Carly
• Quintero-Varca, Tatiana
• Secosky, Meredith
• Shoemaker, Crystal
• Thie, Lauren
• Tripoli, Jennifer
• Williams, Ashley
• Williams, Kate
• Worley, Sarah

Jambo! My name is Lauren Thie.

I am 21 years old and I have lived all of my life in the Southeastern United States.

I am a senior biology major at Meredith College and am interested in pursuing graduate studies in public health and primary care medicine.

I work with the Student Government Association at Meredith.

I have dreamed of visiting Africa since I can remember, and was given the opportunity to visit Kenya this summer. For five weeks, I stayed near Mount Kilimanjaro and studied wildlife management.

The experience I had in Kenya was indescribable and I hope to visit again one day. Since I learned a lot about resource competition and wildlife management this summer, I am particularly interested in learning more about HIV/AIDS and the background of the neglected diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Kenya.

I look forward to the opportunities for cross-cultural interactions in this course that will teach me more about these topics!