“After two trains, two buses, and one taxi, I finally made it to the Airbnb I’ll be staying in for the next three months. Mom, I miss you”
Written by Sahiti Kovvuri

I accidentally took the bus to the opposite side of town and had to walk 20 minutes to the correct stop with my international luggage :0 Photo by Sahiti Kovvuri
For a bit of context, I knew this was coming up during my time as a Jeannette K Watson Fellow, A program designed to provide financially funded summer internships and unprecedented opportunities for three years to promising undergraduate students from 12 New York City partner institutions. Unsure of when I would travel for my year abroad given the circumstances of the global pandemic, I took the first opportunity I could travel for work and “flew” with it.