Michelle Chikaonda

(mechikao@sas.upenn.edu)

Hometown: Blantyre, Malawi

Major/ Minor: International Relations / Creative Writing

Campus Involvements: President, Reach-A-Peer Helpline; Co-Director, SPEC Concerts; Co-Treasurer, Sigma Iota Rho (International Relations Honor Society); Onyx Senior Honor Society; Philomathean Society; Alpha Phi Omega (Community Service Fraternity); Teaching assistant, English 135; Peer writing advisor

2 facts about Michelle:

1) Her last name – in its extended form – means “A skinny goat tastes good with salt.”
2) She did her last two years of high school in Wales.

Pet Peeve:

Fat-free anything. If it’s junk, it’s junk, no matter how much sugar/fat/caffeine/calories are extracted from it. How can one enjoy ice-cream the way it was meant to be enjoyed if it’s been blasted and sanitized so that it becomes more like frozen shaving cream?