Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad As a History and Spanish double major, the opportunities I’ve been able to participate in through Penn Abroad have been truly life changing and enriched my educational experience at Penn. It has been a lifelong goal of mine to become fluent in Spanish and my experiences through GRIP…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad My global seminar perfectly bridged my healthcare-adjacent major (Bioengineering & Robotics) with my passion for Spanish – we were studying the healthcare system of a Spanish-speaking country while living in it. Throughout the semester, we analyzed differences between the U.S. and Chilean healthcare systems, but being in Chile…
Contact Ask Me About… I am not a native Spanish-speaker, nor have I taken classes of the language here at Penn. However, I learned Spanish for 3 years in high school and really enjoyed practicing my fluency. I am also from New York City, which is a very diverse city, and I had so many…
Anya is a junior from Boston, MA studying Bioengineering and Robotics. This winter, she’ll travel to Santiago, Chile with her Penn Global Seminar to learn about the Chilean healthcare system. On campus, Anya is on the board for the Society of Women Engineers and is working on building a surgical robot at the GRASP Lab. She’s passionate about…
Contact Ask Me About… Living and working in a new language: While staying in Argentina for two months, I had to navigate day-to-day life and a workspace in a new language. Being an international student from Germany I have had a similar experience coming to the US for college, nevertheless, spending an entire summer only…
Contact Ask Me About… Through my experience abroad, I had to learn how to work and communicate in my second language. I quickly realized that speaking Spanish in real life was much different than my experiences in the classroom, especially when I was expected to contribute in a professional environment. At the same time, it…
Ask Me About… What it was like to be abroad for the first time, taking only Penn classes while also working in Spanish. My GRIP placement in MedellÃn was my first extended time living outside the United States, and it pushed me to adapt quickly to a completely new environment both academically and professionally. I…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad There was not a single experience we had on this trip that did not align with the coursework and goals of the PGS. When applying for the seminar, I reflected on my passion for sustainability. I come from a small beach town in Massachusetts where I spend a…
Kate is a senior in the College triple majoring in Political Science, Latin American & Latinx Studies, and Hispanic Studies, with minors in International Development, Anthropology, and Survey Research & Data Analytics. At the end of the Fall 2024 semester, she will be traveling to Costa Rica as a component of Sustainable Development and Culture…
Contact Ask Me About… I had the exciting opportunity to live in a homestay in Uruguay. While daunting at first, it turned out to be a beautiful experience. This made for the ultimate cultural exchange where I was able to have deep, heartfelt conversations with my host family. We also shared slang in our languages,…
