Our trip started with a challenge when our flight to Charlotte, NC, was delayed, causing us to miss our connecting flight to Athens. After many hours of negotiating with the airport staff, Dr. Rojas got us an all-expense-paid hotel, food, and transportation voucher to accommodate us.

Once fully rested, we ventured off to Athens, where we met with Sophia. Later the next day we went and met with our client mirza and discussed what he wanted out of a business and what business he wanted to create. After a few days of discussing, planning, designing… and discussing, planning and designing some more, we end up creating a business plan that painted a picture of what mirza would expect from his business. I ended up learning and experiencing much more than anticipated, and was very pleasant with our final result, the team and SPC and Kambia for setting this project up.

– Ryan, SPC Greece Business Study Abroad Program, July 2025