new roommate

After nearly two days of traveling and only a couple of hours of sleep, we are finally here. Early today I got my new roommate. Her name is Zhu Chen. She is a graduate student from our department. She is also a Chinese native. She will be helping us translate for a week. She will return to her hometown, Wuhu, south of Shainghai.  She took time from her busy schedule to help us. She is a great person.

I met Zhu in two classes last semester. We were both taking Journalism 480 (intimate journalism) and graphics and Design. Our friendship became stronger this semester after we started sharing our experiences growing up.  Zhu and I are very similar. We have both struggled a lot in order to be where we are.  I am really proud of her for leaving her country and pursuing her dreams and her passion for journalism.

We are extremely lucky to have such talented journalist with us.