Rosie Ith
Attending
Class of 2022
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Sopharoth “Rosie” Ith is a freshman and a pioneer at University of Portland, and she is doing double majors in Economics and Political Science. Coming from Cambodia, she said rain in Portland did not bore her at all. Being the first SHE-CAN scholar at UP, Rosie is doing a good job of trying many resources and opportunities available in the University in a hope to share them with next scholars who will be her little sisters. Rosie is so excited and looking forward to her next volunteer experience with Habitat for Humanity in Spring break. She will go to Tacoma, Washington with a group of UP’s students to build houses for people. Before she joined SHE-CAN and came to the U.S, Rosie had been involved with many projects which had taught her many skills from project management to marketing to press release, and to being a speaker coordinator in an international public speaking platform. She also did not fail to surprise herself and SHE-CAN community on how strong her commitment is. In her personal essay when applied to UP, she described how she struggled to speak in front of the audience, but only two years later, she became a national champion in a JCI speaking competition and represented her country, Cambodia, to an international round in Japan in May, 2018. She said “This example showed me that as long as I tried hard enough, nothing is impossible”. Rosie is now more motivated than ever to improve herself with world-classed education she is getting, and is passionate to be an economist who will increase the number of women in workforce to lift Cambodia from poverty.
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Mentor TeamChristine Mattsson, J. Hilburn Men's Clothier
Shannon Faucette Karen Meadows Claudia Hinz Beverley Talbott, Apple |