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Alumna Lina Ayenew is connecting the dots between Africa and China
When Lina Ayenew ’10 B.A., ’11 M.P.H. first attended an information session on fellowships by the Yale-China Association as a graduate student, she wasn’t sure if she was a good fit. Born in Ethiopia, Ayenew took language classes in French and Spanish — not Mandarin — and had not studied the country or culture. But the association, which has been sending Yale students to China to teach English since 1909, encouraged her to apply, and she soon found herself in Hunan province through the Medical English fellowship teaching a public health course. The program also included an intensive Mandarin course and a crash course in teaching in Hong Kong.