Search results for: “peru”
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Parasites: The Best Thing to Happen to Me Abroad
Oh, the places you’ll go. You hop in a taxi and feel the sweat forming on your quizzically raised brow “Hacia, ‘The Place’ en Miraflores, por favor,” you manage in your sleepy confusion You try to take a mental picture of the people, the noises, the traffic, the smells (what is that?) don’t worry, you are…
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Navigating Public Transportation in Peru
With extreme informality, crowds, and countless unwritten rules, Lima’s public transportation system can be overwhelming for newcomers—and even for Limeños. Here’s what I’ve learned over the semester. Why the chaos? The majority of public transport vehicles in Lima operate informally despite sporting the patterned paint of one parent company. Because the law for vehicle standards…
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Mañanas Con Gumer
Living in Lima, Peru for the fall of 2019, I stayed with a host family – la familia Saco-Vertiz – in the district of Miraflores. Living in the apartment were Maritza (my madre anfitriona), her brother Miguel, her adult son Alejandro, and Gumer, their cocinera, who felt much more like another member of the family. Huevos Revueltos In the…
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Educator Events
Build Your Expertise Register to attend an upcoming webinar designed especially for international education professionals or watch a recording of a past webinar you may have missed. All events are 60 minutes or less. Upcoming Webinars A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad day Without AdderallThursday, Apr. 24, 20252 p.m. Eastern | 11 a.m. Pacific…
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Self Discovery Through an Autoimmune Disease Abroad
It started the day before Christmas Eve, while still at home: a strange pain in my arm and hand that I’d never experienced before. From the tip of my right pinky finger, down the side of my hand into my wrist and elbow, I felt these uncomfortable sensations best described as electrical shocks combined with…
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Billing, Payments, and Refunds
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The Plight Of Indigenous Languages: How Quechua Opened My Eyes
I was sitting in class, anxiously awaiting its end so I could throw my books in my bag, sprint to the nearest combi, and scarf down a plate of my host mom’s delicious food before going out. Perhaps it was because I was already distracted that I was so thrown off guard when my professor…
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Hombres Outnumbered: Men Studying Abroad with IFSA
It’s a common and generally true perception: more women than men study abroad. Based on available statistics using legal sex data, IFSA’s enrollment for the Fall and Academic Year 2019 programs included twice as many female students as male. Current Spring 2020 enrollment currently sits even more unbalanced. On the Fall 2019 IFSA Peru program, there are…
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Spring 2025 Programs
Embark on an unforgettable study abroad experience this spring IFSA is dedicated to crafting study abroad opportunities aligned with your academic, career, and personal aspirations. Check out the list of programs still accepting applications for Spring 2025 here. Diverse destinations: Choose from the timeless allure of Rome, the cultural richness of Buenos Aires, or the scenic…
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Education
IFSA loves educators! We believe an experience abroad with IFSA can help equip you with a global perspective for the benefit of your future classrooms and all the students’ lives you will touch throughout your career. You may want to add an international teaching practicum to your resume or simply fulfill specific degree requirements while…
