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Searching for Myself in Hong Kong: Re-Evaluating What it Means to be Asian American 

Searching for Myself in Hong Kong: Re-Evaluating What it Means to be Asian American 

by Virginia O'Connor | Nov 15, 2023 | Personal Growth, Returning to California, UCLA

by Anna Nguyen from UC Los Angeles to Hong Kong and Vietnam My maternal Chinese grandparents lived in Vietnam until the Vietnam War. They then fled to Hong Kong, where they lived in a refugee camp for a year with all seven of their children, before being sponsored to...
3-minute Travel Guide: Galway, Ireland

3-minute Travel Guide: Galway, Ireland

by Virginia O'Connor | Oct 5, 2020 | Choosing a Program, Europe, UCLA

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How to make friends with locals while abroad

How to make friends with locals while abroad

by Virginia O'Connor | Jul 25, 2019 | Local Living, UCLA

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3-minute travel guide: Dublin, Ireland

3-minute travel guide: Dublin, Ireland

by Virginia O'Connor | Nov 20, 2018 | Choosing a Program, Europe, UCLA

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3-minute travel guide: Beijing, China

3-minute travel guide: Beijing, China

by Virginia O'Connor | May 30, 2018 | Asia, Choosing a Program, UC Irvine, UCLA

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China study abroad – photo story by Anna Lai

China study abroad – photo story by Anna Lai

by Ellen Tyson | May 26, 2018 | Asia, In Photos, UC Irvine, UCLA

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Study Abroad Program: Lund University, Sweden
Program Location: Lund, Sweden
Other Countries Visited: Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria,
Hungary, and Norway

Home University: UC Berkeley
Major:  Bioengineering
Year: Junior (Graduating Spring 2017)

Alison Long is a rising senior studying tissue engineering and drug delivery at UC Berkeley. She loves spending time outdoors, hiking, biking and playing soccer. As a nature enthusiast, her travels involved exploring national parks and canvassing tulip festivals around Europe. In her free time, Alison enjoys painting and watching cooking competitions on the Food Network.

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