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Graduate student PhiYen Nguyen. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Global experiences helped her become a better listener

Graduate student PhiYen Nguyen’s worldly travels have been shaped by an instinct to learn and listen to others who are different from her. Her research into teen pregnancies as a high school student led to an interest in the plight of refugee women re-settling in high-income countries.

by Peter Ramjug March 4, 2021

Miram Morales, owner of Recreo Coffee Shop, poses for a portrait on November 15, 2018. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Do you know where your coffee comes from? She does.

Coffee connoisseurs are increasingly paying attention to the quality and the origin of their morning java. Northeastern alumnus Miriam Morales knows the exact origin of the coffee beans used by the baristas at her coffee shop, Recreo, because it’s coming from her family’s farm in Nicaragua.

by Debora Almeida December 3, 2018

Rani Viroja, left, Harrison Dieuveuil, and Mia Sherer are members of the Global Medical Brigade, a student-run organization that provides health services to communities where medical services are scarce. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Students bring healthcare to patients who walk miles for medicine

Rani Viroja, Harrison Dieuveuil, and Mia Sherer worked in a medical clinic in rural Nicaragua, where doctors didn’t have enough medication to cover the 300 patients they treated every day.

by Sophia Fox-Sowell November 27, 2018

04/122/16 - BOSTON, MA. - Esther Laaninen, SSHÕ16 posses for a portrait on April 22, 2016. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

With Fulbright, Northeastern student wants to fuse education and violence prevention

Graduating senior Esther Laaninen has received a Fulbright fellowship to teach English in Colombia. She says her global experiences and teaching opportunities in communities around the world have prepared her well.

by Greg St. Martin May 4, 2016

Dining Services’ Alicia Lezama brings warmth, generosity to the Northeastern community

She honestly is like a grandmother on campus for all of us. During the first weeks here, everyone’s scared; you don’t know anyone. She…

by Thea Singer January 12, 2016

Global experiences helped her become a better listener

Do you know where your coffee comes from? She does.

Students bring healthcare to patients who walk miles for medicine

With Fulbright, Northeastern student wants to fuse education and violence prevention

Dining Services’ Alicia Lezama brings warmth, generosity to the Northeastern community

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