Awa Sanou: A Middlebury Student Visits Monterey

September 4, 2009

Burkina Faso

Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific

Middlebury College

Global Trade and Development Program 2009

Born in Burkina Faso, Awa left her country for the first time to attend the United World College of Canada. During that time, she took a year off to work at a candle workshop in a community center for disabled adults in Maharashtra, India. Awa studies Economics and Political Science at Middlebury College. At Middlebury, she serves as Vice-President of the International Students Organization (ISO). She is also an active member of Umoja (African Students Organization) and the Student Government Institutional Diversity Committee.

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