A Taste of Southern Africa

My Scholarship entry - Once upon a time in a Ugandan Slum

I've always pushed myself to do things that challenge me, a fear of public speaking and I'd act in a play, a fear of interacting with strangers and I took a journalism degree, forcing myself into townships and strangers houses. This has become the things that have shaped me, no longer held back by irrational fears I still push myself away from my natural isolation, wanting to experience as much as possible in this world and in that travel, meeting interesting strangers from confounding lands. This is all I want to do and people seem drawn to me in a way I've never been able to understand, maybe its my lack of judgement, maybe its a remnant of my shyness that allows me to slide into places unnoticed. I still want to push myself, physically and mentally, to be able to travel and document where I'm going to accurately reflect their stories and the moments they shared with me. I work as a video editor but more and more I've been pushing myself into content creation and a love of travel and people psuhes me towards this goal, to learn from a professional in such an amazing place would be a dream come true.