Akua Asare Anim (she/her)
International Recruitment Specialist
Marketing & Undergraduate Recruitment
Ask Akua about
- Waterloo's 100+ programs and admission requirements,
- life in Canada and the campus experience,
- paying for university,
- the Black student experience and community,
- gaining hands-on work experience through co-op, or
- anything in between!
Get to know Akua
What I love about my job...
I have always enjoyed working with the youth and learning about their goals and aspirations, and supporting them along the way. I often joke about gaining the opportunity to live vicariously through their experiences. In my role, I am privileged to work with students from different cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. Some of whom I have been fortunate enough to journey with through their four years of education. Others I have met along the way and others at the start. Regardless of the stage, I have gotten to work with some amazing students and being a part of these experiences never gets old.
My favourite memory from my time as a Waterloo student...
I thoroughly enjoyed my fourth-year placement in Vietnam because it challenged my perspectives and pushed me out of my comfort zone. Most importantly, I gained a new appreciation of a culture very different but seamlessly similar to my own. The placement awakened my interest in working with students, gender, multiculturalism, and immigration. In the midst of life's challenges and triumphs, I grew into the person I am today. The moral of the story, I gained an entirely new appreciation for life outside my comfort zone.