Daria Bassot: From Here to There, A Creative Path
As a multi-cultural, forever curious, dog and book-loving person, Daria loves to spend her time in the clouds. There she tends to find inspiration for a future painting or short story. When with people or dogs she loves a good hike, bookshop stroll, or museum trip.
12 Sep 202437min
Levy Odera: Kenyan roots, American dreams
Levy Odera was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. He enjoys equipping youth with knowledge, skills, and experiences for doing meaningful development work that improves human wellbeing. He does so at Minerva University and in an organization that he founded known as Systems Acumen for Youth-Led Development Solutions (SAYDS). He loves spending time with his family, playing soccer, and coaching children soccer.
3 Sep 202449min
Hanaka Saito: Alternative education, Gap years, and Long Distance
Hanaka claims herself as a M22 when she wants to be that cool kid and M23 when she wants to give off wholesome vibes. She's a Japanese girl who's currently stuck in San Jose, pursuing her best grandma life with no IG, no clubbing, and no makeup. Find her on Messenger OR hanaka.saito@uni.minerva.edu
20 Aug 202439min
Tawongaishe Nhawu: I’m still learning my name
Tawo was put on Earth to make words move like butterflies and earthquakes. She is dynamic and so bright - carrying a deep joy that comes from loving God and people. She has a bad habit of romanticizing everything and starting failing streaks of vegetarianism. She is the funniest person she knows.
11 Aug 202445min
Braydon Rutherford: Leaving home to build a home
Braydon Rutherford comes from a little flat in the heart of Pinetown, South Africa. Every week, he would wash cars with his friends in this block of flats to be able to buy a pizza at the end of the week, where they would sit around and share stories, eating the fruits of their labour. This formed his love for storytelling, and he wishes to share stories of his humble travels with you, dear listener. So grab a slice of pizza, and we hope you enjoy it.
29 Jul 202446min
Ibrahim Jehangir: Possession
Ibrahim (M25), Pakistani born & bred, is a Finance & Economics Double Major who is either making inappropriate/dumb jokes or talking about football. Constantly believing in 'Don't Overthink, Just Do', he looks to constantly jump into new experiences and enjoy the little things in life, whether that be tracking down phone thieves in Buenos Aires or getting on a small motorbike with 4 people. He hopes to harness the universal language of sports to empower communities and bridge international divides - telling jokes throughout the process of course.
19 Jul 202445min
Theatre Company Thalia: Growing Together
Musical Theatre Company Thalia was created by a bunch of theatre geeks coming together and realizing that there is one significant thing missing in their global university experience - a student society that would take up their time outside of classes, as well as enable to realize their passion. Through its series of projects, Thalia quickly became a place in M25 community where apart from relentless work of actors and crew members on new theatre projects, surprising and close friendships have been formed.
11 Jul 202442min
Louis Brickman: Climate, Capstones, Corporates
As part of M19, Louis helped build many of Minerva's community institutions, including the ASM and Convivium. Raised in NYC, he's been back in his birthplace of Berlin since 2020. After his Capstone on Minerva's carbon footprint, he now works at CDP with the highest-emitting companies in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria on their decarbonization.
4 Jul 202449min
