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I became fascinated with traveling, Latin culture, and the Spanish language after briefly living in Mexico when I was 16. I majored in Spanish in college and after graduation I was determined to live in a Spanish-speaking country. I was looking into different ways to work in South America when I came across TEFL. It all happened so quickly! One minute I was working at a grocery store in Chicago and the next I was living in Buenos Aires. I got a job just one week into my search, and found an apartment living with two hilarious Argentinians. I primarily taught conversational and business English to adults, and made enough money to pay my rent and live a relaxed Argentine life.   

"I went to Rome as a first-time traveler, knowing nothing about Italy, the Italian people, or the language (except for pizza and spaghetti!). I had heard they had American universities there and decided to move there on a whim. I was 19 and ready to try something new and quickly learned that I was in for a lot of change and some challenges, too. After my first trip to the supermercato, I experienced my first bout of culture shock. After looking for and failing to find peanut butter, jelly, and Cinnamon Life cereal, I instead left with mozzerella di bufala and prosciutto--an excellent upgrade, I now know."