Lilly has always straddled two different worlds since childhood visits to her grandparents in Riga. Extensively navigating each geopolitical environment led her to pursue culturally-grounded approaches to her degrees in Public Health at Ohio State and UNC. Since her longer-term return to Latvia last year, locals have used the word “bridge” to describe the way that she connects American, Russian, and Latvian worlds. Lilly’s goal as Program Coordinator is that each student receives a taste of the Baltics as strong as rye bread and Black Balsam!