Dear Prospective Student,
My name is LauRen Gaines and I am an undergraduate student studying Anthropology and Pre-Med. While in college, I have been abroad three times to Gambia in West Africa, Brazil, and India to study and do research. I believe studying abroad has changed my life and connected me to my roots in such a positive way. I always knew I loved traveling because my dad was in the military for nineteen years. Growing up I lived in Japan and Italy and traveled to much of Europe. Still, the opportunities I had to travel abroad particularly in Gambia, provided me with the most valuable cultural insight and expanded my curiosity to find out more about my African ancestry.
