Immersed in Spanish
Hello! My name is Abena and I am a 2021-2022 Gilman Alumni Ambassador. In 2019, I spent a semester in Santiago, Chile. My semester abroad was full of Spanish. One of the requirements for my program was that you had… READ MORE →
Summer Spanish in the Andes: Empowering Others
Hello everyone! My name is Lydia Lara and my pronouns are She/They; I graduated from Augustana college in 2019 with my Bachelors in both Political Science with a focus in American Government and Spanish, and I minored in Latin American… READ MORE →
Stay Motivated For Your Follow-on Service Project
My name is Thomas, and I am a 2021-2022 Gilman Alumni Ambassador from Alabama. I graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2020 with a degree in International Studies and a minor in Anthropology, which is the field… READ MORE →
Summer Spanish in the Andes: A Journey of Self-Confidence and Self-Realization
In 2017, I didn’t know I would have a major shift in my mentality and my inner growth. It was in that year that I applied to the Gilman Scholarship; During that time, I realized my determination to study Spanish… READ MORE →
Be Slow to Speak and Quick to Listen
Hi everyone, My name is Kerry Johnson, and I am a 2021-2022 Gilman Alumni Ambassador from Memphis, TN. I graduated from The University of Memphis in 2017. I studied economics and international studies with a minor in Spanish. As a… READ MORE →
Starting Out Strong
Hello everyone, I am Erika Evatt and I am a 2021-2022 Gilman Alumni Ambassador. I completed a virtual internship in Tokyo, Japan during the Summer of 2021. In my last blog, I gave a brief introduction to my online internship… READ MORE →