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Hillary Hardesty
GoAbroad ContributorHillary received her baccalaureate degree in International Studies with a concentration in Latin America from Saint Xavier University in Chicago. She studied abroad in Costa Rica and was able to explore Panama and Nicaragua during her undergraduate studies. She has gone on various domestic and international service trips and has lobbied for immigration reform in Washington D.C. Although, her passion for traveling took flight when she journeyed through England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales with the Dwight Eisenhower’s “People to People” program.

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