Hiya! My name is Oly Zayac, and I am both honored and thrilled to be a part of the Periclean Class of 2017!
One of the most enticing aspects offered, here, at Elon is its fantastic study abroad opportunities. While trying to find my roommate in a sea of people at the organization fair, I suddenly backtracked to a poster with big letters spelling “Namibia.” My first impression of Periclean was that it was yet another opportunity to go abroad and experience another culture. It was love at first sight. Learning more and more about the tremendous learning experience of Periclean offers grew the initial infatuation into a full-hearted love affair.
As a Communications Fellow, I am studying both Journalism and Anthropology. With a history professor father with a background in England and Slovakia and a researcher mother with a strong Polish upbringing, I have been so fortunate to be exposed to many cultures. For as long as I can remember, studying cultures, even as a child reading Eyewitness Books, has always been my biggest passion. So much that I hope to, one day, have the opportunity to create documentaries that explore indigenous communities around the world.
I hope that through Periclean, I will get my first taste of this kind of work. I hope to learn the values of connecting with people of different cultures. I hope to understand not only how we can help communities but how they can help us learn as it has always fascinated me how much we learn about our own culture when we remove ourselves from it and observe it from others’ perspectives. I hope to learn all I can about Namibia and its effects on the world.
I am so excited to get started and begin building lasting friendships with the rest of the Class of 2017! Let the adventure to Namibia–and beyond–begin!
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