“UWC really opened my mind. I really did not value what I was doing until I went to UWC. You appreciate what you have, especially in your new home, because you start to become an other. It is only when you become an other that you can distinguish what makes you different from other people. You start to realize what distinguishes your culture from another culture and the most beautiful parts of your culture. For me, what stood out when I came home was my spiritual practice. It is a very rare opportunity to be born in a family that does this, because even in Ghana people don’t know about our practices. UWC was instrumental in solidifying that part of my identity.”