If you’re interested in traveling and getting internship experience, the family of AIFS programs offers three options: internships abroad, virtual international internships, and Study Abroad + Internship hybrid programs where you …
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Olivia Becker
Olivia Becker
AIFS Program: Granada, Spain | California Lutheran University | Hi there! My name is Olivia and I’m a junior at California Lutheran University. I’m studying to teach English to Speakers of Other Languages, which I got to do in the form of an internship in an elementary school during my Spring 2019 semester in Granada! In addition to this priceless professional experience, my Spanish skills improved a ton while abroad by practicing every day with my host family, taking four classes in Spanish, and hanging out with new Spanish friends. I made a social life out of going to linguistic intercambios: organized language exchanges at bars. By the end of the semester, I felt that I had created a second life for myself because I felt so comfortable with the people and places I had come to know in Granada. That’s why I tattooed the quote “viajar es vivir dos veces,” which means “to travel is to live two times,” on my back during my last week in Granada. I feel like I packed a lifetime of adventures into my four months of living in Spain. I hope I can persuade everyone I come into contact with as an Alumni Ambassador to see the value in studying abroad to learn about a foreign culture, and consequently, about themselves!