Ksenia DV

a personal blog currently focused on detailing my public health practicum in Bogota, Colombia.

Public health student. Sexual health educator. Indignation Coordinator. Fancy granola. Optimist. Immigrant. Sex-positive feminist. Word lover. Self-entertainer. Cornucopia of tangential comments. Dessert aficionado. Future faerie jobmother. OneNote evangelist. Коренная москвичка.

Due to pressure from friends and family, I’ve switched from email updates to a blog format. Encouragement from my university’s Communications Department also helped persuade me to create a public blog.

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to attend Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, live in New York City, travel to Colombia (not to be confused with Columbia), work in sexual and reproductive health, or evaluate a program, welcome, dear reader.

Other quirks and joys of life you’ll read about include searching for an apartment, my attempts at cultivating personal wealth, machismo, photos of food, other people’s stories, dessert withdrawal, the nostalgia evoked by traveling, and other idiosyncrasies.

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