Across the United States, you can find both the family I grew up with and those I have found through the power of ancestral population genomics. However, I have also gained a new family with each laboratoryfor which I have worked.
To me, the most important part of the Fulbright program is solidifying peace and global cooperation among nations. I now understand the responsibility of having lab families in two countries, and I will do my best to preserve this meaningful connection. I also have my family that I lived with while in Norway. I had three roommates. My Norwegian roommate, Viking (from Trondheim), my Spanish roommate, Andrea (from Pamplona), and my highly successful former roommate, Dipu, who is now working in western Norway and paving a path for his younger brothers in Bangladesh.
Due to trial and error, I have learned which buses to take and which not to take. I mark that as an accomplishment and a sign that I have genuinely acclimated to Tromsø and to the fact that public transportation is my only fast option. The 42, 34, 20, and 33 get me where I want to go, and I can charge my electronics in the USB outlets. On Tromsø island, I frequently see children taking the public bus system to and from school because of its reliability.
I need to inflate my bike tires to ride around in the midnight sun, but the accessibility and convenience of the electric scooter are undeniable.
