Dina Asfaha

Affecting meaningful change through your work as an academic

What success means to you

How your dissertation focus evolved the more you learned about the Eritrean liberation struggle

How you practice self-care

The adjustments you made after starting your PhD program

The support you felt from your family during college and grad school

What being a Cooke Scholar means to you

The factors that led you to pursue your master's degree at Columbia

The immense impact of your first trip to Eritrea

How your family history in Eritrea shaped your career path

The experience in college that inspired you to become a professor

Your experience with the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

Overcoming the academic and social challenges you faced when you started college

The different challenges you faced transitioning to college

How pursuing your interests as a Young Scholar impacted your college search process

Connecting with others and exploring your interests at summer programs

Attending KIPP and the process of becoming a Young Scholar

How your heritage inspired you to be a doctor at a young age

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