When I think of my time in the Teach and Learn in Spain Master Program, I remember it with fondness. It was a time of great learning, travel adventures, cultural exploration, and of tremendous professional and personal growth. Upon finishing… Read more Exactly three weeks ago was the last day of school my principal called me up to receive a breathtaking bouquet of flowers from one of my favorite students, Nicolás, a charming first grader who is Bolivian-American and bilingual. Blessed… Read more Sitting in a café in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, drinking American-style filtered coffee, and it’s hard to believe I’ve been home for a week now. My semester in Alcalá felt like one of the longest four-month periods of my life but it… Read more When I was asked to write a blog post about my experience writing the master’s thesis with the aim of encouraging current students, I thought, wouldn’t shots of espresso be a more appropriate encouragement than a blog post? I’m sure… Read more I was a mess the first month of the Teach & Learn in Spain Master Program– a total disaster. Everything I had going for me turned into disappointment. I applied with my best friend in college…she left after two weeks.… Read more I feel very fortunate to have been invited by my alma mater, la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares Instituto Franklin-UAH, to present at the 2nd Franklin Alumni Meeting earlier this month. I left Spain over three years ago to move… Read more This December I had the pleasure and honor of being invited to attend the 2nd annual Franklin Alumni Meeting as a visiting alumna of the Instituto Franklin-UAH. Initially I wasn’t sure what to expect from the meeting, but I was… Read more
