Aloha,

My name is Aayushi Patel. I am Indian American. This is my third year here at East Carolina University, and I am studying Biology with a concentration in Environmental Ecology.

I love traveling! At age three years old, my parents and I immigrated to America from India, and ever since then, we have been continuously travelling, mainly to India because my parents have wanted my brothers and I to understand our Indian heritage and culture, but also to England, United Arabic Emirates, and recently, to the Islands of Hawaii. My journeys abroad have helped shape the curious, unprejudiced, and passionate individual I am today. I am more aware of the influence economics, geography, and culture play in regards to a country’s culture and it’s citizen’s human psychology. These adventures are significant to how I will interact with people in my future career as Physicians Assistant.

I hope to be able to share my experiences abroad through my writing, and also become a better writer overall.