Rosie Ith

Attending

Academic Major

Economics

​Class of 2022

Sopharoth “Rosie” Ith is a sophomore and a pioneer at University of Portland, majoring in economics, with double minors in political science and global business. Rosie was the first SHE-CAN scholar at UP, paving the way for her little sisters. This semester, she is on a study abroad program in London.  In London, she actively attends public lectures put on by the London School of Economics to get a better grasp on British and European politics and economic development initiatives.
 
Last semester, Rosie organized and led a fall break “rural immersion” trip in Washington’s Yakima Valley. There, students got to learn about the issues facing immigrants in the region, and volunteered at a food bank and a local non-profit.
 
Before she joined SHE-CAN and came to the U.S, Rosie was a speaker coordinator in an international public speaking platform. In her college essay to UP, Rosie described how she struggled to speak in front of the audience, but only two years later became a national champion in a speaking competition where she represented all of Cambodia in Japan. Rosie is determined to use her voice to increase the number of women in the workforce in order to lift Cambodia from poverty. 

Watch her leadership speech here: https://vimeo.com/390650595

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