My third time participating in the SPC Spanish Immersion Study Abroad program to Salamanca

SPC Spanish Immersion Study Abroad program

This is my third time participating on the SPC Spanish Immersion Study Abroad program to Spain which means that it is the third time that I have never wanted to go home. I guess you could say at this point that I am addicted to Spain. I don’t think that there’s a patch though for this type of illness, nor that I would want the cure. If you read about travel and/or about linguistics you have probably heard that when you speak another language that you get to live another life and, that you get to know more about yourself in a way that is impossible in your home country.

Learning Spanish has been a journey in my life that until I started I didn’t even know I wanted. Spanish has been the tool of preparing myself for the future. Once again, a future that I didn’t know I wanted until I began. I was content with completing a degree and going on to work a normal 9-5 job in the states, not that there is anything wrong with that. I was content on never venturing far from home, though I suppose that is a lie.  Something in my soul had been itching to come out. Something inside me wanted more. Now I have it. Gracias a España y especialmente gracias a señora Levin.

Now with over 2 years of studying Spanish I am poised to do one of three things, in this order:

  1. Teach natural sciences in Panama  with the Peace Corps (Approval Pending Physical & Background Check).
  2. Master’s degree in Spanish Florida History at USF with a concentration in Spanish Paleography.
  3. Teach English in España next school year in an exchange program that exists between the United States and España.

I don’t know what the future has in store for me for certain, but I know that whatever road I go down I am going to learn to more, become a better person, and forever be a Spaniard en mi Corazon.


Click here to learn how you can take part in the 2018 SPC Spanish Immersion Study Abroad program.