What have you been up to since graduating from ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ?
Since graduating from ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ in 2024, I have been in Austria working as a US Teaching Assistant through Fulbright Austria. This past year, I worked at two schools in a small town called Voitsberg in Styria, and next year, I will be teaching at two schools in Graz, the second biggest city in Austria. It has been incredibly rewarding and enriching to be able to work in another country and share with students and teachers my culture and life experiences while also learning about theirs.
Why German? What drew you to the major/minor and how has it shaped your path?
I initially started learning German online during the COVID-19 Pandemic, mostly to fill time during the transition from high school to college, and decided to continue that language-learning journey going into ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ. Although I initially just wanted to learn the language, it was the culture and the people that continued to fuel my interest. Through the classes at ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ, I learned a lot about the societal challenges, contemporary and past, that exist in the German-speaking world, and I was given the opportunity to reflect on how that compares with my immediate world. Going into college, I never anticipated that my journey would lead me to live in a new country.