Sona Dahya came to Athens seeking, above all else, to learn from some of the groups who have been impacted by global conflicts the most.
“I ended up picking [to study abroad in] Greece…because of where Greece is currently, economically and politically and socially, and to a large extent because it would be really good for me to go there and work with refugees, and just to understand them,” says Sona, who is a business major and criminality minor.
So when Nadia Meliniotis, Executive Director of Student Affairs at CYA, emailed out an opportunity to work with migrant and refugee women through the The Melissa Network, Sona knew she wanted to take part. For the last four months, she’s gotten a firsthand look at an organization serving this population in Athens—and, in turn, how these women influence their host city.