A world traveler, at work
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. Ablorde Ashigbi ’11 is used to moving between different worlds. Although he grew up in the United States, his father comes from Ghana and his mother from Gambia, both in West Africa. Ashigbi himself has lived in big Northern cities — New York and Cleveland — and the small Southern town of Tyler, Texas. The Quincy House senior said it proved a bit jarring to visit Sierra Leone last summer. “Having a toilet that flushes or water that runs is not a reality in a lot of places,” he said of the country, which, like his parents’ birthplaces, is also in West Africa. “Furthermore, there are stark differences within the country. The capital, Freetown, is much more developed than the villages, where many people don’t have much more than a change of clothing. The poverty permeates every...