Winter Break 2024 Participant
I learned that attempting to immerse yourself as much as you can, even if you feel nervous speaking in a foreign language, will get you so much farther. Once you step out of your comfort zone you will gain so much more understanding of the place you're in. Also, don't be shy, you will make so many new friends!
Victoria Lynn Cortez, Winter Break 2015 Participant
I feel rather proud to have taken my first trip abroad with a group of strangers and to have opened myself fully to every opportunity for learning and growing.
Gabrielle C Doue, Winter Break 2016 Participant
I learned about the Costa Rican government, their daily life, their access to education, how to be more conscientious of the environment, but most importantly how different life can be anywhere you go in the world, and how important it is to learn about all the diversity that our world has to offer us, and in turn utilize it to improve the lives of others and our own with a new understanding and respect for people of all backgrounds.