Bonderman Travel Fellowship

Sheri Imsdahl

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Mechanical Engineering

Graduate

2015 Fellows

Hometown: Bloomington, MN

Travel Locations: Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Chile

Travel objectives: Motivated by the desire to forge meaningful connections with the people she meets, Sheri will travel through East Africa and South America. Her goal is to regard each encounter as a potential learning experience: one with the power to shift her perceptions and change her for the better, regardless of how small the interaction may be.  The countries on Sheri’s itinerary are Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Peru, Brazil, Argentina and Chile.