Student spotlight: Grace Ansah

Grace Ansah graduates this year with a B.S. in chemical engineering and a minor in global studies, with a specialization in African studies.

“I was interested in working on a wide range of issues in Ghana—energy, agriculture, and food security—and I believed that chemical engineering would give me the right skills I needed to contribute to developing lasting solutions in Ghana,” she said.

Grace pursued a minor in global studies to more deeply explore her interests in Ghana and in sub-Saharan Africa. Grace’s capstone project through the minor focused on developing support systems for African undergraduate students.

As she prepares to leave Stanford, “I now have a better appreciation for problem solving in Ghana—a need for a holistic approach to problem solving that does not exclude different groups of people,” she said. “I believe that a minor in African studies has greatly contributed to this change in ideology.”

After commencement, she is looking forward to returning to Ghana for a couple of months before earning a master’s degree in international education policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Congratulations Grace, and best of luck!

Please join us in congratulating the class of 2019! As the academic year draws to a close, we are highlighting students graduating from across our 14 programs. Click here to view more student spotlights.