My name is Kristie Inch and I am in my fourth and last (!) year at the University ofGuelph, where I am majoring in Biological Sciences with a minor in Spanish. I am hoping to pursue a medical career after this year and my dream is to one day be part of Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres. Over the past few years, I have been lucky enough to travel to many parts of the world, but never to Africa and I am so excited, ebullient even, to be going to Botswana and to learn about the culture and to participate in this great program. I am very passionate about the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic and I hope to learn more about its impacts, especially in Botswana where the infection rate is very high, and to help those that are infected/affected by HIV/AIDS.