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Aamena Shafi
Aspiration Statement
One of my aspirations is to gain practical work experience before embarking on a master's degree program in the future.
Core Skills
- Communication
- Grant/Proposal & Report Writing
- MAXQDA
- Research
- STATA
- Teamwork
- Time Management
- Translation (English to Urdu & vice versa)
Experience
Leadership / Meta-curricular
- Student Representative, Convocation Committee
- Host, Radio Show (Scene-Air Die-Ries)
- Teaching Volunteer, Wujood
- General Secretary, Healthy Life Club
- Moderator Online Symposiums/Events, OCS, UNAP, Healthy Life Club and Moderated Awards Night (Graduate Event)
Internship / Volunteer Work
- Data Analytics Winter Workshops Facilitator, Office of Academic Operations, Habib University (December 2022 – January 2023)
- Transcriptionist, Karachi Water Project (August 2022 – September 2022)
- Customer Experiences at Bank Branches Research Intern, HBL (June 2022 – August 2022)
- Content and Research Intern, Deaf Reach School, Family Educational Services Foundation (September 2021 – January 2022)
Final Year Project
Project Title
An Exploratory Study of the Struggles of First-Generation Undergraduates in an Urban South Metropolitan City in Pakistan
Description
First-Generation Undergraduate (FGU) students lack the cultural capital necessary for success in their degree, as they are the first in their immediate family to attend an undergraduate degree (The Center, 2017). Consequently, they struggle to adjust to and thrive in the university environment, facing more obstacles than their peers, yet their experiences and struggles remain unheard due to a lack of research, further marginalizing them. This qualitative research aimed to capture the struggles and coping mechanisms of FGUs in Karachi, with findings suggesting that a student’s family, awareness, previously acquired social capital, and intersecting identities (such as socioeconomic background and gender) affect their adjustment to the university environment and academic journey. It is worth noting that these students are more prone to deteriorating mental health.