Student Story Rachel Mzengi

Rachel Mzengi’s map is full of places she has travelled. Her father worked as a diplomat and has been stationed in different countries around the world. “I was born in Tanzania, but left when I was four to the United States, to Washington DC. I lived in the States for fourteen years. So basically, you could say I’m American, but my passport says something different.” After finishing high school, Rachel’s dad was relocated to Cape Town, the cultural hub of South Africa. She started a marketing degree at the University of Cape Town. But Cape Town couldn’t keep her, and she returned back to Tanzania. Shortly afterwards, she ventured to India to join her sister. “India for me was one of the biggest culture shocks in the world. You see different worlds in ten blocks.”