{"id":1595,"date":"2015-04-27T10:48:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T14:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2015-04-27T10:48:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T14:48:40","slug":"finding-yourself-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/finding-yourself-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Yourself Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Being someone who wasn\u2019t sure they were going to college, I definitely wasn\u2019t thinking about studying abroad. But after numerous emails promising free burritos at an information session, I decided to learn more about the Oaxaca Semester Abroad.<\/p>\n

The PowerPoint slides filled with vibrant markets, rich biodiversity, and smiling students did what they were supposed to \u2013I now had<\/em> to go to Oaxaca.<\/p>\n

So, I bought four bottles of sunscreen, packed my bags, and left the U.S. for the first time in my life.<\/p>\n

I spoke terrible Spanish, and ate too much cheese; but most importantly, I was a student in the ways I wanted to be. As someone on the precipice of apathy, I needed to get my hands dirty. And I did. I became someone I\u2019m not always in a traditional classroom: meticulous, driven, and excited about academics.<\/p>\n

My biggest excitement came when it was time to pick an independent research project.<\/p>\n

Being a first generation college student supported by a less-than-lucrative job, I have a different relationship with education than many of my peers. So, I decided to look at the various interactions between students and school in Mexico; I executed a study on the partisan educational system, which limits access for rural and impoverished communities.<\/p>\n

By dedicating myself to this project, I realized how passionate I am about this issue. So, upon my return to the states, I started to shape my involvement around educational equity.<\/p>\n

Currently, I co-teach a class in a correctional facility, direct financial literacy workshops, and volunteer with various projects dedicated to this mission.<\/p>\n

With my long awaited (and suddenly dreaded) graduation approaching, I have a more clarified my purpose. Oaxaca helped me gain experience with in-field research, study issues on a global scale, and shape my vision of policy reform.<\/p>\n

Plus, I hung out with a cool host mom, drank some mezcal, and went to the beach in January. Not too shabby.<\/p>\n

~Bianca<\/em>, Career Peer Mentor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being someone who wasn\u2019t sure they were going to college, I definitely wasn\u2019t thinking about studying abroad. But after numerous emails promising free burritos at an information session, I decided to learn more about the Oaxaca Semester Abroad. The PowerPoint slides filled with vibrant markets, rich biodiversity, and smiling students did what they were supposed … <\/p>\n

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