Habari zenu (Hello everyone)! My name is David and I am a junior in Adams House from Kenya. I concentrate in applied mathematics (government honors track), with a secondary in global health & health policy, and I’m on track to earn a language citation in Arabic. Outside class, I am an associate at the Harvard Undergraduate Foreign Policy Initiative (HUFPI), a debater with the Harvard College Debating Union (HCDU), a member of the Harvard African Students’ Association (HASA), and a member of the Institute of Politics program on Politics of Race and Ethnicity (IOP-PRE). Besides being a Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI) coordinator, I also work as a research assistant at the Department of Government and as a Peer Advising Fellow to a group of amazing first-years. I love exploring different cuisines, with a particular liking for East African, South Asian, and Middle Eastern food. These are foods prepared by the countless people in these regions who use the word ya’ni as a filler word in their languages, e.g. Swahili in my case. I also like traveling to different states and countries. As a first-generation low-income student and as a beneficiary of HFAI , I am very excited to respond to your inquiries ranging from the affordability of Harvard College to the application process to life at this fantastic college. Please reach out!