Kendrys V.

Kendrys V.

KENDRYS V.
Merrimack College

Home: Dominican Republic


“People in the city are willing to accept diversity and change and different perspectives”

  

Originally from the Dominican Republic, Kendries is one of the founders and president of the Latino Club at Merrimack, as well as actively involved in Club Asia and the Italian Club. “I’m really interested in diversity, and I am able to immerse myself in different cultures, as opposed to just the Dominican culture.”

When Kendrys steps off campus, he finds numerous opportunities to sate his cultural curiosity. “When I go to Boston, it’s lovely. You find everything there. All the restaurants you want, everything. I feel like people in the city are willing to accept diversity and change and different perspectives. All the students are open to you, and want to learn about you,” he says.” For those students who may be nervous about coming to school in Boston, Kendrys has this to say: “Here, there is una familia.”
 

Shekib A.

Shekib Ahmed

SHEKIB A.
Bentley University

Home: Dibrugarh, India


“Boston broadens my horizons in the real world”

 

His dream is to make the world better, and Shekib put his Managerial Economics major to good use in Boston's international realm. Working as a consultant in Reebok’s Human Rights Department in Canton, he monitored the company’s human-rights performance at factories around the globe. “We have many non-governmental organizations around Boston, not only national but international ones which makes it a lot easier to find this kind of work,” he says. “It broadens my horizons in the real world, and job opportunities in the international arena increase tremendously.
   

Karla V.

Karla Ventura.

KARLA V.
Mount Ida College

Home: El Salvador


“A Boston-based education offers unlimited opportunities”

  

Originally from El Salvador, Karla chose to pursue a degree incorporating communications and fashion. She immersed herself in video production and secured a plum internship with NewTV in Newton, Massachusetts. "A Boston-based education offers unlimited opportunities" she says. In her spare time, she founded the Student Association for Latinos and Spanish Americans (SALSA) and still managed to work with Volunteers in Action (VIA) and Habitat for Humanity during two spring breaks.