Meet BASAA Scholar Sodany Soy
Hi everyone! 
My name is Sodany Soy and I am one of the 1st generation Cambodian-Americans in my family to be attending university, and to be studying abroad. I currently attend the University of Massachusetts Boston as an undergraduate with a Marketing concentration and plan to attend Graduate school for Creative Writing.
I’ve always been intrigued with creativity in advertising and marketing from different countries. To me, South Korea has recently been growing in their economy and technology that I hope to enter the marketing department for major Korean companies. Not only do I like the technical side of marketing, but also how to create my own designs. I like to be creative and aim to take courses in media, design and communication along with marketing.
With my mother coming from Cambodia, I have a strong sense of social responsibility as well as global charity towards other countries. I will visit Korean orphanages to spend time with the children. I hope to join in activities in my neighborhood to feel a part of the community. With my love for new languages, I also plan to take Korean languages classes to be able to build a better bridge of communication between myself and the people I meet.
In some aspects, I am looking forward to observe yet enjoy the various cultures and subcultures in South Korea. From their delicious food to fashion, holidays to traditions, I want to immerse myself and experience their lifestyle to become more adaptable, open-minded, and appreciative and build strong international relations! I am also looking forward to intern opportunities in the Korean companies of my interest.
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ne! My name is Georgia Sofia Papaconstadinou. I am 20 years old, a mother to a precious bundle of joy named Apollo, and a full-time college student. I attend Bunker Hill Community College which is located in the heart of Boston. While Boston is beautiful with its history, I dream of exploring the rest of the world too. This summer, I will be studying Psychology for a month in Central Europe- Prague, Czech Republic to be exact. I am interested in learning how others perceive the world and themselves, and I want to help people become the best person they could be. In Prague, I will gain insight on how other cultures’ and countries’ methods differentiate from the U.S. and apply in the field of psychology. I am hoping all of this new knowledge will open my mind up to understand what I’ve learned in a different light. Although I have a child, I was and am determined to make my dreams come true, and I will work hard to achieve all I want. This is my dream come true. Traveling to other places’ to explore and understand others’ ways of living is my passion. The world is so diverse, and if we stay in one place- we will never understand how others live and are. Experiencing more strengthens society as a whole. I hope this passion of wanting to understand more is passed along to my son as well, so he and I can make the world a better place together.
riends! I am Brandon Morrissette. I study Finance at Plymouth State University. In the past before college, I worked in the hospitality industry. I was born and raised in a small rural town in the far northern part of New Hampshire.
BASAA: Boston Area Study Abroad Association 