I woke up with the utmost enthusiasm, it was the day I had been looking forward to ever since my arrival at the campus. My anxiety towards the day was not because I wanted to leave, on the contrary, I still wish I was at campus with all the amazing people I met around me and the outstanding staff and speakers who made this experience so remarkable; no, my anxiety was in result to the Foreign Affairs Panel and speakers that day, (one of which exceeded already high expectations; Rajiv Chandrasekaran.) This panel marked as my favorite not only because I am greatly attracted to Foreign Affairs and aspire to pursue a career as a Foreign Correspodent, but the fact that this panel, different from the past panels, consisted of three women, three powerful, influential women who proved most inspiring. Karen DeYoung, the associate editor and senior diplomatic correpodent for the Washington Post, Anne Gearan, the national security correspondent for the Associated Press and Susan Glasser, executive editor of Foreign Policy whom I got the opportunity to thank personally for assuring me that this was indeed a subject I am deeply passionate about.
Finally the speaker I was most eager to meet, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, the senior correspondent and associate editor of the Washington Post and the author of the book Green Zone and Imperial Life in the Emerald City (both books which I wish to read in the near future). Rajiv will go back and forth between the Middle East, where he sometimes will stay for months at a time, and the United States, reporting stories.
After our group Story Conference, which I found most invigorating, we were set loose to get ready for the Gala. We ate and we danced the night before our dreaded departure.
The girls from the "golden" group.
Jose and I posing by the cool ice sculpture!
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