{"id":764,"date":"2022-05-20T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/from-nairobi-to-l-a-she-aims-for-international-impact-after-graduating-from-usc-dornsife-and-usc-price\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T11:00:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T18:00:44","slug":"from-nairobi-to-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/from-nairobi-to-la\/","title":{"rendered":"From Nairobi to L.A.: She aims for international impact after graduating from USC Dornsife and USC Price"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n            \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/story-3707-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/story-3707-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"From Nairobi to L.A.: She aims for international impact after graduating from USC Dornsife and USC Price\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Serish Thakker on safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. 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Thakker knows how decisions made at the highest levels impact everyday people. She witnessed it firsthand while working at the Africa Healthcare Federation (AHF) in Nairobi, Kenya, during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Living through the pandemic in Kenya was starkly different from living through the pandemic in the U.S.,&rdquo; said Thakker, who was born and raised in the Kenyan capital.<\/p>\n<p>She says all of the medical components &mdash; from equipment to vaccines to advocacy &mdash; were rolled out far more slowly than they were in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was noticeable across different health care institutions across the African continent,&rdquo; said Thakker, who graduated this May from the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the USC Price School of Public Policy.<\/p>\n<p>While working at AHF, Thakker was tasked with sharing accurate, concise information about COVID-19 around Africa. She says it was a massive undertaking, especially because of the huge variety of languages spoken in different regions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This required a great amount of flexibility and adaptability to tailor themes for the webinars and social media posts very rapidly, depending on the most pressing concerns,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I learned so much about the value of streamlined information.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She says this became easier as her work progressed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As more health care institutions and communication teams laid the groundwork and got into the swing of things, the communication channels were much more efficient,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Thakker leaves USC with two degrees, one in public policy from USC Price and one in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife-poir.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">international relations<\/a>from USC Dornsife.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s only when I got to USC that I realized there&rsquo;s an intersection of international relations and public policy, and that I could derive skills from both and tailor them to my interests,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>So, what&rsquo;s next for Thakker? After graduation, she will be working at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/chemonics.com\/\">Chemonics International<\/a>, a development firm dedicated to improving people&rsquo;s quality of life in areas such as trade, education and global health.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always been interested in international development and bringing sustainable programs to humans in Africa, specifically,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;[I&rsquo;m] fascinated by the effect international interventions have on global health and education programs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/priceschool.usc.edu\/news\/grad-aims-for-international-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>See USC Price news for the full story &gt;&gt;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serish Thakker graduates with degrees in public policy and international 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