Oh, Taylor. There is no way to prepare you fully for the experience you are about to immerse yourself in. There are no words that fully encapsulate what the following weeks of your life will become. You have dreamed of this moment for most of your life — I know how excited you are. The…
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Learning Resilience from Firenze
Ciao! Checking in again from Florence. I want to highlight some of the MANY skills I have learned since arriving to Florence in January. Living and studying in a foreign country has lead me to develop a number of soft skills. The first is problem-solving, which quickly proved to be the most pertinent skill I…
Almost done!
It is so hard to believe my time here has almost come to a close! We have about two weeks left of class, then final exams, and then the program is done. Studying abroad has given me the opportunity to live more independently, far away from everything familiar. From being dropped in to an entirely…
La mia nuova vita
While I am not doing an internship and cannot speak directly to the work environment in Italy, the past few months have still been full of learning experiences. Two key soft skills I have strengthened during my time abroad are time management and communication. As you can imagine, there is so much to do in…
Reflecting on how I have grown
Dear pre-departure self, Maybe it seems naïve, but I did not realize how much I would really grow throughout the course of this program. I guess that before I left, it was hard to really even imagine all the people I would meet here, and all the things I would do and see. It has…
New Skills in Florence
I can’t believe I have less than a month left in Italy! Coming to the end of the program is feeling bittersweet, as I will be so sad to leave but am so proud of how much I have grown through the program. Studying abroad has been an excellent opportunity to develop skills that are…
Developing Global Skills and Understanding in Florence
Even though I have been here for a short time, I have already learned and gained so much from my internship, classes, and just daily life here. I have learned hard skills such as learning how to design and create content for social media posts, creating appealing graphics for marketing purposes, and lastly how to…
My New Life in Firenze
Hi again! I am more than halfway done with my program abroad, and time has really flown by! There are moments when I feel like I could live here forever, but there are also moments of fatigue and homesickness. In Italy, there are a lot of changes from American culture. The first place where I…
The Florence Lifestyle
It has been over two months that I have been in Florence, Italy. Two months of studying, living, and exploring in a new city while adapting to a new culture and lifestyle. For me, the most challenging part of assimilating to Florence is the differences between cultures. My initial shocks included how slow people walk,…
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