Major: Policy Studies and Economics
From: Singapore
Hailing from a country that is a self-described “melting pot of cultures”, Rebecca (or Becky, as most friends call her) is unabashedly interested in cultures from all continents. Her love for animals can be seen in her three adopted cats and a month’s volunteer work at a panda research centre in Sichuan, China.
Having done a diploma in Mass Communication and a short stint in Channel NewsAsia, a regional news channel based in Singapore, her ideal job was being a foreign correspondent for a publication like The New York Times. However, she has been quite smitten with academia at Lafayette and is looking to go into research about economic development in Southeast or East Asian countries. Either way, she hopes to bring important issues to light in her job.
She is incredibly excited to be part of the amazing LIME team, having made great friends with Malagasy and other international students. She is very appreciative of all the guidance Lafayette offers to international students and hopes she can help even more through LIME. Everyone deserves a top-notch education; she just hopes she can make it easier for some to get it.