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It’s no state secret: Becoming a TEFL teacher is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to live abroad. Of all the expats I met in Spain who found themselves on this career path, everyone could be more or less…
Life in the U.S. doesn’t really prepare (nor encourage) you to take on a new job that you have absolutely no experience in. Did I let that stop me when I decided to go teach English abroad? No way, José….
Fresh off the car, the plane, and the bus, it was time to establish myself as a functioning adult member of society in Spain. This included, but was not limited to, getting a Spanish phone number, finding an apartment, opening…
One year in Spain turns into almost eight years in Spain really fast. Oh, wait, that’s not the norm? That was just me? Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. As I find myself reflecting on how much time has passed—years filled…
I was twenty years old, and I was living abroad for the first time as an au pair in the French Alps. I was mostly loving it, but when the parents asked me if I wanted to go on vacation…
It’s my last day in Costa Rica, and I’m sitting in a smoothie bar watching a ceiling fan whirl lazily above my head. My two friends, Maggie and Maddie, are sucking on the last of their smoothies as cars buzz…
The words a language uses can tell you a lot about its cultural and societal values. And language can evolve over time, taking on new meanings and growing organically to embrace challenges. That’s especially true of the ways in which…
Our world is changing at breathtaking speeds. Amidst a backdrop of progress, development and connectivity, we also find retreat on a global scale; retreat to one’s community, habits and common identity. A humanity that is connected unlike ever before requires…
Alicia Wrenn from HIAS and Sunil Varghese from IRAP help correct some misconceptions about refugees In honor of Refugee Week and World Refugee Day, we thought we’d reach out to two of our partners in the refugee community to learn…
I’m not going to lie, I spend way too much time on Instagram. The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is go for my phone. And while I’m trying to help end my Instagram addiction,…
For the past few weeks, it feels like the COVID-19 crisis has completely consumed our lives. And in a way, it has. Seemingly overnight, our daily routines, our work lives, our interactions with one another, have all been entirely uprooted…
When I was in elementary school I went to a Spanish immersion school. And when I was in first grade, an obsession rippled through our school. The obsession was a song (with some amazingly choreographed dance moves) called “Asereje” by…
