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In Other Wor(l)ds: Gina in Brazil

Jenny In Other Wor(l)ds July 1, 2014

Gina Fischer is 24 years old and and graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Environmental Health and Development. She originally traveled to Rio de Janeiro in July 2012 of her senior year to study abroad in Brazil for a semester through the ...Read More

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In Other Wor(l)ds: Katie in Israel

Jenny In Other Wor(l)ds June 24, 2014

Katie Matthews is 23 years old, and currently lives in western Montana working as a research assistant for Project Vote Smart. She graduated in June 2013 from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Political Science and a minor in Spanish. Katie did a study ...Read More

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In Other Wor(l)ds: Maddy in South Korea

Jenny In Other Wor(l)ds June 13, 2014

Maddy Evancie (my beloved college roommate!) graduated from UCSB in June 2013 with a bachelors of science in Microbiology. She is 22, from Auburn, California, and has been teaching English in South Korea for 6 months. On Moving to Korea: As a Microbiology student, there ...Read More

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In Other Wor(l)ds: Chelsea in Argentina

Jenny In Other Wor(l)ds June 6, 2014

Chelsea Rodstrom is 22 years old, originally from New York City. She is currently working as Auxiliar de Conversación (English language assistant) in Bilbao, Spain. She did a study abroad in Argentina and lived in Buenos Aires for 6 months (Feburary-July) in 2012 while a ...Read More

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In Other Wor(l)ds: Meredith in China

Jenny In Other Wor(l)ds May 16, 2014

Meredith Evancie graduated from Cornell University in 2012 where she majored in Psychology and Asian Studies. She currently lives in New York City and works as a paralegal. She will be starting at Stanford Law School in the fall. Meredith spent two periods of ...Read More

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In Other Wor(l)ds: Becca in Egypt

Jenny In Other Wor(l)ds May 9, 2014

Becca Novak is 25 years old and lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is the Education Manager for ScriptEd, a startup nonprofit organization that connects students to tech careers by recruiting volunteers to teach computer science in under-served schools. Previously, she taught special education ...Read More

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In Other Wor(l)ds: Caitlin in Thailand

Jenny In Other Wor(l)ds May 2, 2014

Caitlin Lacey is 26 years old, and currently the head of production at Dandelion Chocolate, a small bean-to-bar chocolate maker in the Mission district of San Francisco. She graduated from Pitzer College in 2010, and spent the following year teaching English in Thailand on ...Read More

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In Other Wor(l)ds: Monica in Lebanon

Jenny In Other Wor(l)ds April 10, 2014

Tomorrow I’m heading off on a two-week vacation, so I’ll be disconnected from the blogging world. In the meantime, enjoy this fascinating insight into life in Beirut, and maybe scroll through a few more in the series. Also, have you liked this blog’s ...Read More

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In Other Wor(l)ds: Heidi in Ghana

Jenny In Other Wor(l)ds April 4, 2014

Heidi Graves is 22, living in San Francisco, working at a tech startup called Causes.com, and wishing she was traveling the world. She graduated from UCSB with a degree in History and a minor in Education and Applied Psychology. From 2011-2012 she was studying ...Read More

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In Other Wor(l)ds: Katie in Russia

Jenny In Other Wor(l)ds March 28, 2014

Today’s expat interview features none other than my older sister, Katie! Katie Marshall is 25 years old, currently living in Brooklyn, NY, and working as an artist and Russian translator. She graduated Reed College in 2012, where she majored in Russian literature. On Her ...Read More

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