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'''School:''' Elizabeth City State University
'''What she does now:''' International Programs Ambassador & College senior Student
'''What that means:''' She helps prospective students with their study abroad applications and organizes workshops and events to increase involvement and interest in studying abroad among her peers while completing her last year of undergraduate school abroad at Toyo University in Tokyo, Japan.
Kenae Turner is a twenty-twothree-year-old full-time first-generation college senior attending Elizabeth City State University. While she was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, she and her family relocated to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, where she was raised. She is currently majoring in Birth through Kindergarten with a Child, Family, and Community concentration. Before college, Kenae obtained her GED at 16 and soon after traveled alone to Shenzhen, China, to teach English. As a result, she obtained an adoration for traveling and a passion for teaching. Henceforth, after graduate school, she intends to move to Asia and teach English to kindergarteners.
Throughout her college years thus far, she has made various accomplishments. Kenae is a Boren scholar, Gilman scholar, and Renaissance scholar. Additionally, she is a CIEE alumna and a Yonsei University alumna. She has also been awarded the Outstanding Academic Achievement award by the Department of Education at her undergraduate university. She has also made it onto the Fall 2021, Spring 2022, and Fall 2022 Chancellor's List.
She enjoys sewing, learning languages, playing video games, traveling, and reading in her leisurely hours. She also enjoys volunteering. This past year, she has volunteered at organizations such as My Culture Connect and Jacob A. Riis Settlement, teaching English to children and immigrants to support them on their journey toward self-sufficiency in the United States. She is currently studying Japanese and Mandarin to better understand her future students.
==Achievements==