Patience Agasaro Uwase
Attending
Academic MajorWomen and Gender Studies, French, Economics
Class of 2021 |
Patience Agasaro Uwase is a junior at Bucknell University, where she studies women and gender studies, French and economics. This academic year, she joined the Tedx Logistics team at Bucknell, where she is helping organize Bucknell’s Tedx conference. However, this semester, she will be studying abroad in Tours, France, conducting research on immigrant women’s contributions to French art, literature and film, and the challenges they face as immigrants. Last summer, she interned at the Rwandan Development Board. In 2017, Patience interned for WorldWideWomen, helping to initiate a more targeted marketing strategy. Patience considers herself a strong feminist, and hopes to show her community that girls have much more to give than what is conventionally expected.
Originally from Rwanda, Patience grew up in a family with five children and graduated from Nu Vision high school in 2015. Patience credits having grown up in a family that values the importance of education as influencing her passion for books and for education as a whole. This particular passion has been the motivation behind her SHE-CAN Take the Lead Project called “Read for a Change.” Patience donated books to a local primary school in her hometown and initiated a reading program for the students there in order to cultivate a culture of reading and love for books. Patience identifies herself as having been a strong feminist for as long as she can remember, always trying to show her community that girls have much more to give to society than what is conventionally expected. Watch her leadership speech here: https://vimeo.com/390644175 |
Mentor Team
Miranda Holmes, Sr. Managing Director, Financial Planner, Regional Team Lead, First Republic Investment Management
Diane Kohler, Managing Director & Wealth Manager, First Republic Private Wealth Management
Christine Le, Wealth Advisor, Kayne Anderson Rudnick
Pam Royer, Co-Owner, Willamette White Wine
Neary Ting, Vice President, First Republic Bank
Diane Kohler, Managing Director & Wealth Manager, First Republic Private Wealth Management
Christine Le, Wealth Advisor, Kayne Anderson Rudnick
Pam Royer, Co-Owner, Willamette White Wine
Neary Ting, Vice President, First Republic Bank