Gloria Kahamba

Tanzania

What has been your favorite class at COA? Why?
Introduction to Keyboard/Piano. Music is one of my interests and I always wanted to learn how to play at least one instrument. I specifically love piano, but I had never learned how to play it until I took the class. Because of that, all I was learning in class was new, interesting, and fun!

What classes have you taken at COA?
Chemistry I
Ecology Natural History
Human Ecology
Chemistry II
Biology I
Writing Seminar
Biology II
Introduction to Keyboard/Piano
Community Planning and Decision Making
Anthropology of Health and Illness
Physics I
Organic Chemistry I

What was your favorite lesson/lecture/discussion/project at COA? Why?
Experiential Learning Assignment — a project that every student had to do in my Anthropology of Health and Illness class. I chose to go into the MDI Hospital's Emergency Room and observe what usually goes on/shadow nurses as they attended to patients. Because I am interested in Medical Sciences, this project was a fit for me as I got a bit of an experience of what physicians/nurses do, how patients are taken care, and overall relationship between physicians, nurses, and patients.

What is your dream occupation?
Physician/Surgeon or an occupation in Public Health.

Do you work on or off campus? If yes, where?
On campus — Admission Office.

What do you see yourself doing after COA?
Working or attending graduate school.

What country or state would you like to visit? Where would you love to live?
Many, but just to mention: the UK, South Africa, India, Philippines, Brazil, Venezuela, Canada
US States: California, Florida, New York, Maryland, Hawaii.
Not sure where I would love to live, but probably in my country — Tanzania.

What is happiness to you?
Being grateful and content for what I have — including family, relatives, and friends, peacefulness, and good health.

Have you had an internship? If so, doing what? Where? If not, what are your plans, if any, for your internship?
Not yet, but I am planning to intern in a hospital or do something related to health.

Where are you from?
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

What is one of your favorite childhood memories?
Playing hide and seek.

What is your favorite food to eat? What is your favorite thing to cook?
I can't really think of specific favorite food to eat/cook because I like to eat/cook lots of different kinds of food.

What is/are your favorite animal(s)?
Peacock.

What came first, the chicken or the egg?
Hard question. I don't have an answer! After all, I wasn't there to watch.

What is the motto you like to live by?
'God, if I can't have what I want, let me want what I have.' And 'Each of us must be the change we want to see in the world.' Mahatma Gandhi

Why did you choose to come to COA?
Because I can take courses I like rather than just those needed for my future career. I also appreciate the freedom to create one's own curriculum.

What do you like to study?
Medical sciences, humanities, and music.

Who are your favorite artists? Musicians?
Celine Dion, Westlife,and Lucky Dube.

Who is your favorite fictional hero?
Clark Kent (Superman) and Peter Petrelli from TV series Smallville and Heroes, respectively.

What historical figure do you most admire?
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Who is your hero today?
My dad.

What do you value most in your friends?
Love, being there for each other.

What do people say is your most marked characteristic?
Optimistic.

What talent do you wish you had?
Talent to draw people, things, and animals exactly (or at least close to) the way they look like.

What is your least favorite spice?
Cinnamon.