by Meg | May 17, 2015 | Internship
Jasmine is from Tucson, Arizona and is currently a junior undergraduate student at Reed College in Portland, Oregon where she is majoring in psychology with an allied field of cognitive science. She is interested in comparative cognition as well as the applications of...
by Meg | May 14, 2015 | Conservation, Internship, Nonprofit, Panda, Science, Travel, wildlife
I can’t believe I’ve already been in Ya’an for a week! Where has the time gone? I have spent most of this week getting adjusted to the jet lag and culture. My first few days were so busy with touring Ya’an; grocery shopping, attending a Chinese wedding lunch...
by Meg | May 3, 2015 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Nonprofit, Panda, Travel
Traveling, working, and living abroad while learning a new culture and not able to speak the local language has many challenges. Doing so allows you to grow as an individual, teaches you to be adaptable and gives you the opportunity to connect and get a glimpse of a...
by Meg | Apr 25, 2015 | animal, Endangered Species, Internship, Nonprofit, Panda, photography, Science, Travel |
The first month in Ya’an went by very fast. So far the research is going well. I have learned so much form being here for just one month. At the beginning I was worried I would not remember the Panda names, worried it would be very difficult to communicate with...
by Meg | Apr 11, 2015 | animal, Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Nonprofit, Panda
Do I have culture shock? Yes, a little, but I think the hardest part of being in China so far is the language. The language is extremely hard to speak, even something as simple as tea (cha) is hard for them to understand me, since Chinese is a tonal language and I...
