Penn Abroad Ambassador Brinn Gammer

Program:

• SA: CASA Santiago: Chilean Universities Program

Ask me about...

• Learning and speaking in another language. 

• Pursuing career goals while abroad. 

• How to immerse yourself in a new culture. 

My Experience Abroad:

As a student at Penn, I have had many educational experiences that have changed my career path for the better. I started out as an undecided major, and then was interested in neuroscience. But, I have since ended up in the Criminology program at Penn. One of my interests has remained constant throughout the years: my love and passion for activism and Latin American culture. No matter what other classes I took in a given semester, Spanish was always one of them. Studying abroad gave me the highly immersive language and cultural experience that I needed to really get in the space of Hispanic academia that I am now sure I want to take part in.

Other Highlights:

• Learning to surf in Pichilemu.

• Hiking in Patagonia. 

• Expanded my Spanish skills.

• Field work projects (interviewing historians, attending religious festivals, and checking out the urban art scene).

• Taking tests in Spanish.