Staying steady at Tufts in the COVID era
I still remember the days when studying abroad was just a distant dream. I soon realized that leaving Brazil to pursue a quality education would require…
I’m a first-generation student studying Engineering Psychology. I love using the privilege of my Tufts education to help my community back in Brazil. One of my favorite extracurricular activities is Brazil4Education, a project that develops and donates VR educational simulators to Brazilian public schools. Also, I’m always trying to be involved in activities on campus. I’m part of the Tufts Breakthrough Academic Journal and the Brazilian Student Association at Tufts. I’m a Tisch Scholar, Laidlaw Scholar, and work as a Research Assistant at the Spatial Cognition Lab. When I’m not studying or working, I usually watch The Voice videos on YouTube and RuPaul’s Drag Race episodes.
I still remember the days when studying abroad was just a distant dream. I soon realized that leaving Brazil to pursue a quality education would require…
When I was applying to college, I wanted to go somewhere I could be involved in groundbreaking research projects. I wanted that Black Mirror experience…
When I started at Tufts, I felt lost. I was the first person in my family to ever attend college, and I did not know how to find a community or succeed…
When I heard the name Tufts for the first time, I immediately thought of the noun tuft, which is synonymous with the word collection. Don’t get me wrong…
During the college search process, it was really important to me to find an LGBTQ+ friendly campus. I grew up in a small conservative town in the Brazilian…