When Hebah Fischer arrived on the Grounds of the University of Virginia four years ago, her role model was Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
"I had my whole life planned out. I was going to study economics and international affairs and I wanted to be the next Ben Bernanke," she said over coffee on a recent Wednesday. "But I don't want to be him anymore."
As she prepares to graduate May 22 from the College of Arts & Sciences with a degree in global development studies, her new hero is Nobel Peace Prize laureate and microfinance champion Muhammad Yunus.