rachel esplin from harvard hillel

Day of Faith: Personal Quests for a Purpose - 3. Rachel Esplin from Harvard Hillel on Vimeo.

I thought she did a great job explaining the Mormon Faith...pretty articulate for 20 years old...

here's her background, from another blog:

"Rachel Esplin is a junior from Blackfoot, Idaho working on a degree at Harvard in East Asian Studies. Thanks to aquinas at Summa Theologica, I came across this video of a panel discussion moderated by Washington Post reporter Sally Quinn. According to aquinas:
The panel discussion was titled “Engaging Religious Difference: Personal Quests for Purpose” and was part of day long series of events on “Faith Live on the Harvard Campus: Personal Quest, Public Conversation, and Global Citizenship.”
Notably, Rachel Esplin, an undergraduate studying East Asian Studies, and president of the Latter-day Saint Students Association, was asked to explain her background growing up in Idaho, and how coming to Harvard has impacted her religious views and convictions. I was extremely impressed at her ability to articulate her beliefs to others in universal terms and yet in a passionate manner.
Rachel did an excellent job framing the religious questions that she has faced by coming to Harvard: “What does religious diversity mean? What does it mean to be in a secular environment? What does it mean to come face to face with what I don’t know and what I have to learn?” In Rachel’s case, coming to Harvard has actually strengthen her faith by working through these issues. As she has learned about other faiths, her faith has been strengthened.1Rachel Esplin is a junior from Blackfoot, Idaho working on a degree at Harvard in East Asian Studies. Thanks to aquinas at Summa Theologica, I came across this video of a panel discussion moderated by Washington Post reporter Sally Quinn. According to aquinas:
The panel discussion was titled “Engaging Religious Difference: Personal Quests for Purpose” and was part of day long series of events on “Faith Live on the Harvard Campus: Personal Quest, Public Conversation, and Global Citizenship.”
Notably, Rachel Esplin, an undergraduate studying East Asian Studies, and president of the Latter-day Saint Students Association, was asked to explain her background growing up in Idaho, and how coming to Harvard has impacted her religious views and convictions. I was extremely impressed at her ability to articulate her beliefs to others in universal terms and yet in a passionate manner.
Rachel did an excellent job framing the religious questions that she has faced by coming to Harvard: “What does religious diversity mean? What does it mean to be in a secular environment? What does it mean to come face to face with what I don’t know and what I have to learn?” In Rachel’s case, coming to Harvard has actually strengthen her faith by working through these issues. As she has learned about other faiths, her faith has been strengthened.1