Hello everyone, my name is Renuka Somwaru. I’m currently majoring in accounting, and if you ask why, I’d tell you I’m really just going with the flow. I initially had a passion for psychology but then somehow, I got more business focused. Well, I would say that I’m a person who really can’t make up their mind on things. Yeah, well, I did on the accounting part, but who knows, sometimes a different path may appeal more, but honestly, I’m just willing to try new things, I’m willing to be more exposed to things I’m not as exposed to as yet. Like going to the city myself, I’m now adjusting to it since I wasn’t really allowed to because my parents are a bit paranoid. But here I am trying to embrace that freedom that I’ve gotten. I was born and raised for almost my entire life in Guyana. I’m of Indian descent and in the Caribbean, I would associate myself as an Indo-Guyanese. Fun fact: a lot of Caribbean countries don’t want to claim us Guyanese as part of the Caribbean because we’re the only one out of all of them, that’s in South America, but we literally have the CARICOM Headquarters located in Guyana. Anyways, Guyana is really diverse and biodiverse. It’s a beautiful place. It has one of the world’s largest untouched rainforests, and it even has the world largest single drop waterfall, the Kaieteur Falls. We Indo-Guyanese have art rooted deep in our soul, we appreciate the colors of Holi, we sing and dance to the music of tassa drums, we come together as a community and embrace our celebrations. It’s amazing. As you can probably tell already, I’m a very cultural person. In terms of hobbies, other than doomscrolling and being distracted easily, I don’t have a particularly healthy one. But as I mentioned before though, I’m always down to try new things, even if it’s out of my comfort zone. I used to enjoy playing volleyball back in high school, I even had the chance to join the team, but I didn’t because I underestimated myself and I kind of regretted missing out on the opportunity. But then I realized I had nothing to lose, so what if I don’t know? I could learn. That’s why this is a lesson to me and to others, to make the most of it. It’s better to know that you attempt something instead of regretting not attempting it at all. It’s fine if you don’t think you can do it, everyone literally starts somewhere. Thanks for reading and it’s a pleasure to meet you guys! 

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