Luisa arrives at News and Participatory Media
6th February 2013
Luisa meets fellow media-makers and hackers at the MIT Media Lab.
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How Luisa got to MAS.700
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Luisa's life
Luisa's life
Begins learning Javascript & Django
6th Nov 2012 - 6th Mar 2013
Luisa and a friend are currently partnering with the Somerville Arts Council to build a map of public art in Somerville. They will organize an art...
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Joins the Berkman Center
1st Sep 2012 - 6th Mar 2013
Luisa takes a job as a research assistant at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. She works on the Youth and Media project, which...
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Return to Berkeley
1st Jun 2012 - 1st Sep 2012
Luisa works as a research assistant at UC Berkeley's School of Information. She built the website for Beyond Market Prices, an online resource on the...
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Interns at On the Media
1st Mar 2012 - 30th Jun 2012
Luisa blogs as a production intern at the NPR show "On the Media."
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Studies in Munich
8th March 2010
Luisa takes courses at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München in computer science, statistics and psychology. She decides to go by her first name when...
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Visit to India with the Tata Group
8th March 2008
Emmi participates in the Tata International Social Entrepreneurship Scheme (TISES), a unique internship program to learn about the Tata Group's work...
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Graduates from Thousand Oaks High School
21st June 2007
Emmi graduates from Thousand Oaks High School in Ventura County, CA with many awards and honors.
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Raising Awareness on Darfur
8th March 2007
As president of the Thousand Oaks High School Women's Advocacy and Relief Fund, Emmi helps organize a fundraiser to raise awareness of the events in...
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Volunteering at a local clinic
8th March 2005
Emmi works as a student manager and medical intern at Wesminster Clinic, a free community clinic that served the sizable population of undocumented...
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Indian Ocean earthquake & tsunami
26th December 2004
An earthquake with an epicenter off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, hits the Indian Ocean region. It is the third largest earthquake ever recorded on...
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War in Sudan's Darfur region
26th Feb 2003 - 8th Feb 2009
The Sudan Liberation Army and Justice and Equality Movement groups engaged in guerrilla warfare against the Sudanese government, claiming the...
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Move to the U.S.
4th July 1998
Emmi moves to southern California with mother Katlen, since divorced, and her stepfather. Having been taught Russian growing up, Katlen always dreamed...
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Move to West Germany
10th July 1990
Two year-old Emmi and her parents leave East Germany after the Berlin Wall falls. They eventually settle in the town of Neuss, near Dusseldorf. Her...
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Berlin Wall falls
9th November 1989
After three decades of separation, East Germany's communist leaders allowed the gates of the Wall to be opened.
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Luisa is born
8th August 1988
Luisa Emmi Beck is born in Magdeburg, East Germany, to Jonny Beck and Katlen Ebert. Family and friends commonly call her by her middle name.
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How Luisa got to MAS.700
Welcome to the wordly adventures of Luisa Beck.
Here's a brief history of how Luisa traveled from East Germany to West Germany, California to Massachusetts, with a few pit stops along the way.
Stories in Green are events in Luisa's life, collected from a variety of online sources and derived from a phone interview with Luisa.
Stories in blue are world events that have had an impact on Luisa's life.
Curated by Diane Chang.