# @vanderbiltu on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2019-09-03T23:00:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Vanderbilt University (@VanderbiltU) — https://gondola.cc/VanderbiltU

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Senior Lauren Furman wants to move to Africa after she graduates. #HumansofVanderbilt #VU2020

Q: What got you into English and Medicine, Health, & Society?
A: I used to be an English and Bio major because I wanted to move to Africa and do research and write about large cats. But I dropped my Bio major because it was really hard, so I put all the STEM I've taken towards MHS, and I'm hoping to be in international relations and journalism. I still want to move to Africa - that's still the plan.

Q: Any specific African country?
A: Yeah, Kenya and Tanzania are my top places right now. I really would like to work in the Maasai Mara because it's the most concentrated area of wildlife in Africa.

Q: So with journalism, how would you incorporate that into your areas of interest?
A: I do a lot of nonfiction writing, and that's actually one of my focuses... like personal essays and articles. Hopefully, I will be published in places like National Geographic.

Q: Do you have a favorite English class you've taken?
A: I have really enjoyed the fiction workshop I took [last] semester. It was Intermediate Fiction, and the theme was ghost stories. So we wrote exclusively ghost stories, and I personally love that. [Ghost stories] are what I wrote growing up fiction-wise, so it was fun to take my childhood writing experience and put it in an academic setting. And I also learned so much as a writer [in that class]. Lauren Furman
Class of 2020
English and Medicine, Health, & Society Major
📸: Social 'Dores @ty.noir and @t_hop05

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