Berhan Hagos

Berhan majored in International Comparative Studies (ICS) with a certificate in Global Health and a minor in Cultural Anthropology. At Duke, she explored her interest in public health while working as a translator for the Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research and held leadership positions in Future is Now, a mentoring program for young girls in the Durham community. She was also the union representative for ICS concentrators. In her summers, Berhan interned for the Ethiopian Public Health Association, conducted fieldwork on HIV/AIDS stigma in Ethiopia and worked on human rights and gender education in Tanzania. As her region of concentration in ICS is the Arab World she studied abroad in Turkey and Egypt. Berhan is passionate about learning languages and will continue her study of Arabic in Morocco before moving to Botswana. She is ecstatic about her year in Botswana and is looking forward to exploring Gaborone and learning some Setswana.