12. Nyasha with Rudo Mudzi on the art of going back home (Zimbabwe) from overseas (America)

Zimbabweans, What's Next?

Welcome to the fresh, most progressively growing community of amazing young Zimbabweans in diverse professional spaces. This episode we address one of the most difficult things to think about for everyone who's studied overseas. How do I go back home to Zimbabwe and reintegrate? How do I bring change but also recognize I too will be changed? Who better to talk about that than Rudo Mudzi, MSc at Uni of Ediburgh, BA Physics Mt Holyoke, who went to work at Clinton Health Access Initiative in the Harare, Zimbabwe office some years after undergrad? Transcript: 0:00 Intro 1:30 How Rudo is doing 2:31 Difference between being at a girls high and being a women's college 4:13 Celebrating Africa Day 6:20 Rudo's return to Zimbabwe to work for the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Harare 11:41 Challenges Rudo faced working in Zim 13:54 The art of readjusting to Zimbabwe 18:20 Deciding on college major 21:35 The importance of getting research experience 26:00 If you wait too long to start graduate school, this may happen 27:47 What field would Rudo be in if she was not in Data Science 31:32 Learning that different people find meaning in different things in life 32:39 Rapid fire questions 36:00 How the norm is restricting ourselves to one job or profession 37:02 The seven spheres of influence - you don't have to settle for one field!