Amazing student Allison Koch

A.B. in anthropology, A.B. in Latin American and Caribbean studies, minor in ecology

Freshman year, I pursued interests in archeology, interning for a semester in the archeology lab under Jared Wood. I worked on digitizing data for a Native American mound site in Southwest Georgia. The following summer, I interned in Malang, Indonesia, teaching English at a kindergarten and living with a host family for nearly two months. This was a challenging experience, but it was invaluable in directing my future academic and career path.Sophomore year, I decided to focus my anthropology interests in Latin America, specifically on cultural interactions with the neotropical forests. During that next summer, I lived on an island in Bocas del Toro, Panama, studying at the Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation. It was an incredible four weeks, solidifying my love for the rain forest environment and cultures of Latin America.

Fantastic. And following on our earlier post, Allison also studied in Costa Rica this past semester. This unique set of sparkling credentials she is building for herself will help transform ambition into accomplishment - a great example of what you can do at UGA. Well-rounded young scholars discovering the world, and themselves.