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Sarah Preston

Sarah Preston

Alumni

As a high school student, there were not many opportunities to travel to a new place, experience a different culture, and step outside of my comfort z...

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Lowa-Joe Hobeiche

Lowa-Joe Hobeiche

Alumni

What inspired me to go abroad was the desire to step out of my comfort zone and discover a world beyond what I was used to. I wanted to meet new peopl...

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Sandra Monk

Sandra Monk

Alumni

I wanted to experience a culture that contrasted with our own and have the opportunity to learn firsthand about that culture and language.

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Brittany Hall

Brittany Hall

Alumni

I love the French culture and the language, but I was having a hard time speaking it even after taking French class in school. I could read it fairly ...

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Megan Frye

Megan Frye

Alumni

My mother went abroad with AFS when she was my age, and I grew up hearing stories and listening to her read me some children's books in Danish. I've a...

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Selina Ranade

Selina Ranade

Alumni

I have a lot of family who live abroad, specifically one who goes to uni in Amsterdam. After being confined to my home for two years due to Covid-19 m...

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Reilly Klug

Reilly Klug

Alumni

Derek Tano, co-owner of World Class Programs, was a past teacher of mine and the previous head coach of the speech team at my school. He is an excepti...

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Grace Fogle

Grace Fogle

Alumni

My mother traveled abroad in high school and felt this would be a great experience for me to immerse myself in the Spanish language and experience bei...

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Kate Ilumin

Kate Ilumin

Alumni

I love to travel and experience other cultures. I have traveled to the Philippines to see my family and experience Filipino culture. I used to live in...

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Cecilia Daniele

Cecilia Daniele

Alumni

I went to Costa Rica last year with SPI for two weeks and I knew I wanted to help the world and improve my Spanish. 

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Evelina Ogro

Evelina Ogro

Alumni

Both of my parents are from Europe, so I’ve always had a desire to see Europe, but no one my age to go with. 

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Juliana Ferrer

Juliana Ferrer

Alumni

I was inspired by my love of adventure and I wanted to have a chance to step out of my comfort zone. 

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Miranda Lozano

Miranda Lozano

Alumni

BEST DECISION EVER. I knew I always wanted to travel, but I did not know how it was going to be accomplished until I came across the University of Dal...

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Sofia Casale

Sofia Casale

Alumni

I've always had a passion for traveling and dreamed about going overseas. Last winter I was planning out my summer and stumbled upon TFT and immediate...

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Natalie Finfer

Natalie Finfer

Alumni

I've never traveled out of North America and really wanted to see new places in the world with new people.

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Olivia Haan 2017

Olivia Haan 2017

Alumni

I have always loved traveling and learning about new people and cultures. I have traveled with this company before and had an amazing experience so wh...

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Nataleena Daily

Nataleena Daily

Alumni

When I was younger I had gone overseas to Europe and really enjoyed being immersed in a different culture and meeting new people which inspired me to ...

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Jaden Nogee

Jaden Nogee

Alumni

It has always been a dream of mine to travel to Australia. I have always been fascinated with that country. I decided one year to begin saving up to t...

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Grace Crema

Grace Crema

Alumni

I've always wanted to travel and I found asian culture interesting. I wanted to experience it for myself. Also my school didn't offer a service trip t...

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Jeremias Figueroa

Jeremias Figueroa

Alumni

I got inspired to go abroad because I wanted to expand my worldview and I am deeply interested in seeing the politics/international relations of a cou...

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