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Gabrielle Langkilde had always wanted to go to Harvard, ever since a mentor told her she would. But the fast and competitive culture at the ivy league school was very different to her village back home in American Samoa. Gabrielle also realised the university was lacking a Pacific presence. So she started a Pacific-focused column in the prestigious student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson. It was the first of its kind in the paper’s 150 year history. Her words travelled beyond campus, to others on the islands and after graduating in 2021, Gabrielle is now launching that column as independent magazine, Pasefika Presence.