by Ravi Nataraj | May 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
I can’t lie when I say I was worried about spending my summer in Costa Rica. What’s life going to be like? Will I get along with the other GMI students? After hopping on my connecting flight from Atlanta to Costa Rica, I was relieved to see a familiar face...
by Hannah Delatte | May 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hi! I have had such a fun start to our Summer – I landed in San Jose around 1:00 pm on Friday (luggage lost in Miami – yay) and was able to get past the hoards of available taxi drivers in the airport to be able to take my (illegal) Uber safely to Selina....
by Santiago Aparicio | May 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
These have been my first three days with the GMI program in Costa Rica. It has been exciting to meet the people I am going to be working with for the rest of the year. My first day getting an Uber was a little bit of a struggle as I didn’t know where to find the Uber...
by Siddharth Jadhav | May 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
I arrived in Costa Rica at San Jose International Airport and was greeted by many friendly Ticos (native Costa Ricans) asking for me to ride in their taxi. As we drove back from the airport to Selina, our coworking hostel for this trip, I had an opportunity to look...
by Travis Dowd | May 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
My flight to San Jose, while early in the day, was smooth! My Uber situation to get the hotel was kind of complicated, but I had a good conversation with my driver on the way in. After a nice short shakeout run with Santiago, I learned that it’s not normal to run...
by Abby Dowse | May 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’ve now been in San Jose for two full days, and it’s been an amazing experience so far. After arriving, I took an Uber to the hostel and got my first glimpse of the city at night, as well as the light-covered surrounding mountains, on the way. Upon...
by Pablo Angulo | May 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hi! I’m Pablo, I’m an Electrical Engineer from Costa Rica, I like reading, photography and travel. I’m a very analytical person, I like observing the situations that I’m in and the work that I do. I think my analytical skills can be useful in...
by Sarah Blau | May 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
¡Hola todos! My name is Sarah Blau and I’m a student in the Global Medical Innovation class of 2024. I graduated from Duke University in 2019 with a degree in biomedical engineering and a minor in electrical engineering. I was able to take several design...
by Hannah Delatte | May 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hello! I am Hannah Delatte, I graduated in May of 2022 from Louisiana Tech University in Biomedical Engineering with a concentration in electrical engineering. I did undergraduate research on micro-bio sensors used to track neurochemicals real-time in the brain. We...
by Travis Dowd | May 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hola, mi nombre es Travis, y soy de Austin, Texas. Estudié bioingeniería en la universidad de Rice, y espero mejorar mis habilidades en el desarrollo de dispositivos médicos como parte del programa GMI. Después de este programa, espero estudiar medicina y convertirme...
