Bio

Hi! My name is Elleni Giorgis and I’m from Rockville, MD. I’ve lived in the DC metropolitan area all my life and love it. One of the things that attracted me to Loyola was the size and location, it’s close to a city which I love but a small enough school that the students quickly develop a sense of community. Another thing that attracted me to Loyola was the strength of the Business Program as a whole and especially the International Business Program. Ever since I was young I have always wanted to go into a profession that will require me to travel around the world. I am Ethiopian and my parents have always been very adamant about making sure I stay in touch with my culture so they send me there as often as possible. My experiences in Ethiopia and a few other African countries that I have visited have really shaped me into the person I am now. Seeing that sort of extreme poverty and devastation in person made me realize that I want to go into a profession that will allow me to work towards helping to alleviate the plight of the people I saw. I do believe however that in order to help others you must help yourself first, so by studying international business I can make sure that I am financially stable before I begin any sort of humanitarian work.