Sebastian Elie-York
Health Policy and Management | Entrepreneurship Minor
Student, 2020
Toronto, Canada
Sebastian Elie-York is a sophomore at Carolina. He was born in Toronto, Canada to a Haitian mother and a Kenyan father. He grew up listening to stories of his parent’s global adventures, which inspired him to consider travel through a critical lens. During the summer of 2017, he traveled to Mpigi, Uganda, and worked with a local nonprofit to teach maternal nutrition and build kitchen gardens. During that experience, he began reflecting on the impact, sustainability and meaningfulness of serving abroad.