Beatrice Fabris

COL ’16
Age: 20
Hometown: London, U.K.
Major: Philosophy
Minor: Cognitive Science

What do you do?
I’m the president of the Brilliantly British Club, which we founded earlier this year. I’m also part of the Italian Club and go to some European Club events. I’m part of club tennis and GUWIL, which is great! 

What are your plans after Georgetown? Does this question annoy you?
It doesn’t annoy me so much as cause me to sigh a little because I get asked it everywhere I go by everyone all the time. And the honest answer is that I’m not too sure what my plans are after Georgetown or what or where I’ll be in life. I do hope to stay in America and find a job but until then, who knows. However, I am hopeful and excited for what the future will bring.

What do you hope Georgetown will help you accomplish?
Georgetown has already somewhat taught me to stand on my own two feet. It’s tough leaving your family behind and being forced to fend for yourself in your academic and personal life but I do think Georgetown’s helped establish the confidence in me to do so. I hope Georgetown will only continue to let me grow, mature and become the person I want to be.  

Do you feel you fit in at Georgetown?
I do feel like I fit in. Of course there are ups and downs, but there are so many wonderful people with such different experiences scattered around, and I very much feel a part of many of them. 

What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at Georgetown?
The Descartes text seminar class that I’m currently in now. It’s quite intense and can be a little dense but my professor is absolutely brilliant in every single way. 

Where are you from? Compare and contrast it to Georgetown. Where are you more comfortable?
I was raised in London and life is quite different in the U.K. Food, dress sense, ambitions, humor, you name it. There are definitely differences in culture. Rather than being more or less comfortable in one place, my home in London and my second home in Georgetown are both very much part of me and have taught me different things

What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done?
Leaving my family and home and heading to the other side of the ocean to start a life for myself. 

What do you do for “me time”?
Eat lots of dark chocolate and peruse the Daily Mail. 

What would you change about yourself? What’s the biggest change you’ve consciously made in your life and why?
I’d change my inability to make decisions. I am very happy to help other people make decisions but unfortunately I am terrible at making decisions for myself. The biggest change I’ve had to consciously make was in my mentality and to not get disheartened when things don’t quite go the way you want them. There have been a bunch of opportunities this year and they didn’t quite work out, and it was a conscious change to pick myself up, learn from the experience and try again.   

If you could lead a protest on one thing, what would it be?
I’m not really a protest kind of person. I guess that’s the English upbringing in me. I’d rather have a conversation or discussion to sort out the issue.

Interview by Jess Kelham-Hohler