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What Four Months in Paris Taught Me: Lessons in Culture, Politics, Society and Self-Discovery

by Virginia O'Connor | Aug 26, 2024 | Personal Growth, UC Berkeley

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Furthering my mother’s legacy through study abroad

by Virginia O'Connor | Aug 26, 2024 | Personal Growth, UC San Diego

Seoul Searching: Lifelong Lessons from Studying Abroad in South Korea

by Karis Kotschnig | Aug 12, 2024 | Asia, Choosing a Program, Personal Growth, UC Santa Barbara

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10 Skills You Learn on Study Abroad that Pay Off Forever

by Virginia O'Connor | Feb 13, 2024 | Africa and the Middle East, Career Prep, Personal Growth, Returning to California

No doubt, study abroad is a grand adventure, and there’s more to the experience than you might think. Students often say study abroad was not just a life-changing event in their lives—it was challenging and different, confusing and exciting, scary and wonderful. When...

Searching for Myself in Hong Kong: Re-Evaluating What it Means to be Asian American

by Virginia O'Connor | Nov 15, 2023 | Personal Growth, Returning to California, UCLA

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5 Tips to Incorporate Your Identity Into the Study Abroad Experience

by Virginia O'Connor | Sep 2, 2021 | Personal Growth, UC Berkeley

by Ramil Mercado from UC Berkeley to Southeast Asia and Argentina Taking any significant journey has the potential to transform you, but you don’t need to leave it to accident or luck. As a person of color and a person who is queer-identified, I can tell you...

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Study Abroad Program: Lund University, Sweden
Program Location: Lund, Sweden
Other Countries Visited: Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria,
Hungary, and Norway
Home University: UC Berkeley
Major: Bioengineering
Year: Junior (Graduating Spring 2017)

Alison Long is a rising senior studying tissue engineering and drug delivery at UC Berkeley. She loves spending time outdoors, hiking, biking and playing soccer. As a nature enthusiast, her travels involved exploring national parks and canvassing tulip festivals around Europe. In her free time, Alison enjoys painting and watching cooking competitions on the Food Network.

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