Story Location: Mexico
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An Education Internship: Building Cross-Cultural Understanding
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Sandy beaches, bright sunshine, a frosty Coca Cola. This is the common conception of Mexico, and when I returned home after studying abroad, this is what many of my friends, family and peers asked me about: “How were the beaches?” or “Was it warm all the time?” While I did my fair share of traveling…
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Jumping Straight into the Deep End: Taking Classes Outside My Major and in My Second Language
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Prioritizing My Spanish Minor As a biology major in a science-intensive program with a Spanish minor on the side, I knew it was going to be difficult to find a study abroad program where I could pursue courses in both Spanish and bio. While there are certainly some incredible study abroad programs centered on biology, I…
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How Volunteering Abroad Changed Me
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Why Volunteer? Throughout my undergraduate career, my experiences that I have had outside the classroom have always been the most transformative. In fact, volunteering as an English literacy tutor in an elementary school near my high school five years ago was what got me interested in learning Spanish in the first place. Bringing learning outside…
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(Re)Finding Home – A Digital Story
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Home / Student Stories / (Re)Finding Home – A Digital Story For Sara, an Italian student completing her undergraduate degree in the United States, heading abroad again for a semester in Mexico allowed her to better understand all of her identities and the experiences and cultures that have shaped who she is. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-rQX-SW6vsM?feature=oembed Sara Redeghieri is a student at Mount…
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