![Visal Chourn](/-/media/university-leadership/provost/commencement/2018-grads/Visal-Chourn-lg.ashx)
Major: Philosophy
Hometown: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Post-graduation plans: Having grown up in Cambodia and seen the disordering and the levels of poverty of my society, I have always been drawn at a very young age to public service. Looking to contribute to public service, education, and development of my country, I long to be an ambassador and will attempt to pass the foreign service exam to be a diplomat upon returning back home.
Extracurricular activities: Centurions Club, International Student Club, helped the move-in of Tent City 3 on campus, volunteer at Seattle Municipal Court as a case assistant, volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, organized many international student orientations
Favorite memory of SPU: “Making lifelong friends, and meeting staff and professors who deeply care about my intellectual thinking, as well going outside of their time to ask me how I am doing outside of the classrooms in times where I was completely lost. Those moments were honestly the most enriching for me.”