Yoseph Boku

Yoseph Boku grew up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, before immigrating to the United States as a child and settling in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended Harvard College, where he lived in Kirkland House and concentrated in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Now he's an M.D. candidate at Harvard Medical School and serves as class president. Yoseph is especially passionate about mentoring and supporting students who are low-income or the first in their families to attend college. He and his tuxedo cat, Figgy, are excited to return to Kirkland House for a fourth year.