Journey to Commencement: Daria Herasymova turns foreign exchange trip into everlasting Ole Miss experience
MAY 3, 2019 BY
Daria moved to Oxford from Dnipro, Ukraine in 2015 to pursue a bachelor’s degrees in economics and finance. During her undergraduate career, Daria traveled to Germany for study abroad and language immersion, to Poland to intern for a non-profit, and to China for an internship at the investment bank, Evotech Capital.
When Daria Herasymova was a high school sophomore, she left Dripro, Ukraine, as a foreign-exchange student to spend her junior year 5,575 miles away at Oxford High School.
She had been selected as a finalist for the Future Leaders Exchange Program administered by the U.S. Department of State, but little did she know this would lead her to find her “second family” and college.
Daria will graduate from UM in May with dual degrees in economics and finance. She is also double minoring in management information systems and German.
Click to read Herasymova’s story, which is part of the “Journey to Commencement” series that highlights University of Mississippi students and their academic and personal journeys from college student to graduate.