Hello, I’m Zawadi

I grew up in Nairobi and had never seen snow until I was twenty-two. I got a place at a Finnish university on my second try, with a motivation letter I rewrote four times and a folder of documents I found out about too late.

These letters are what I wish someone had sent me. They are specific and honest, and they are about what happened to me, not what will happen to you. Some of it is hard. Most of it is worth it.