9/01/17 – Hashi.org is proud to announce the
winner of the 11th annual Travel
Scholarship to an American citizen! This year, choosing one winner amongst the
many outstanding applicants was one of the most difficult ever. We received dozens
of applications with essays describing a variety of ambitious and laudable
backgrounds and aspirations. Semi-finalists included:
- An exemplary student at Waseda University working towards a career as a diplomat in East Asia
- A Public Health & Political Science student that will be studying in South Korea
- A student that hopes to help bridge the international communications and art industries
- An exchange student that plans on being a translator and a voice for diverse cultures
- And many more
Clearly, we are deeply gratified with the
ambition and accomplishments of our applicants this year and common theme of
wanting to reach out to another country. But none more so than this year’s
scholarship winner, Phoenix Bartlett.
Her tenacity was evident at a young age, when due
to family financial and health-related difficulties, she started working
outside the home in her mid-teens while also taking care of her younger
siblings. During this time, she maintained a high GPA, and was accepted into a
college in Northern California where she earned her AS degree in Business
Administration while working 2 jobs, and active in many student extracurricular
pursuits.
Her long-held interest in Asia first found
expression in a mission trip to Thailand, where she describes witnessing the
travesties of human trafficking and inequities in social justice. She’s now
chosen Japan because of the excellence she sees within their media/communications
and educational opportunities. And having been accepted at Temple University’s
Japan Campus, she plans on majoring in International Business and
Communications, and subsequently finding her place as a translator or contract
negotiator between countries. We find her ambition to work with “people of
influence who have the financial and political means to make a worldwide
impact” on international relations and issues such as human trafficking to be
exemplary of the mission and ideals of hashi.org.
We are proud to award this $1,000 travel
scholarship to Phoenix Bartlett! Congratulations and best wishes to all our
applicants in their aspirations!
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