{"id":24160,"date":"2026-10-09T16:44:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T20:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/?p=24160"},"modified":"2026-10-09T16:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T20:44:29","slug":"costa-rica-forever-in-my-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/costa-rica-forever-in-my-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica, forever in my Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since this was my first time out of the country and I was traveling as a young female solo traveler, I truly couldn\u2019t have picked a better way to experience it<\/em> then with the Spanish Immersion Costa Rica Program.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Being able to study through a program with so much support made me feel incredibly comfortable and safe from the very beginning. I felt incredibly supported not only by my host family, but also by the amazing ILISA staff. Everyone was so caring, welcoming, and genuinely invested in making my experience a great one. From my very first phone call with the program director, Hellen, to my amazing amazing professor I got so lucky with, Susana and the wonderful administrator, Victoria, I\u2019m so grateful I had the chance to meet such incredible people.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My professor Susana was so wonderful. She inspired me so much and made learning Spanish so much fun!!!! the best professor I could ask for<\/em>😊😊<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My time at ILISA felt way too short (time really flies when you\u2019re having fun!), but I still had so many opportunities to connect with my classmates and experience the incredible culture outside of the classroom. The school itself has such a beautiful environment and an amazing view to study in. I honestly just wish more students knew about this program because it\u2019s such a great opportunity, especially for college students who may not be completely sure what they want to do yet but want to experience something new!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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My host family was more than wonderful, and I\u2019m so grateful to have gained a second Costa Rican mom😊 I felt incredibly safe throughout my stay, the food was amazing, the culture was so rich, and I was able to plan and experience so many excursions on my own<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m so grateful for everything ILISA gave me, and I am already planning another trip back to Costa Rica! 🇨🇷❤️<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jenna, SPC student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since this was my first time out of the country and I was traveling as a young female solo traveler, I truly couldn\u2019t have picked a better way to experience it then with the Spanish Immersion Costa Rica Program. Being able to study through a program with so much support made me feel incredibly comfortable … Continue reading Costa Rica, forever in my Heart<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1873,"featured_media":24146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[889,9,909,933,40,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-costa-rica","category-costa-rica-spanish","category-costa-rica-spanish-language","category-costa-rica-2024","category-news","category-success-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1873"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24161,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24160\/revisions\/24161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}