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:
- Teach natural sciences in Panama with the Peace Corps (Approval Pending Physical & Background Check).
- Master’s degree in Spanish Florida History at USF with a concentration in Spanish Paleography.
- 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.