by Virginia O'Connor | Aug 6, 2025 | Americas, UC Santa Cruz
by Lily Frohlich (UC Santa Cruz) When I was entering high school, I wrote a letter to my college-bound self. It opened with the line: “Dear Lily, I hope that as you are reading this, you are on a plane headed to Canada.” When I signed up to spend a quarter...
by Virginia O'Connor | Jan 22, 2025 | Africa and the Middle East, UC Santa Cruz
By Tanesia Williams (UC Santa Cruz) studied abroad in Ghana Last fall, I had the pleasure of studying abroad at the University of Ghana, and it was a roller coaster of emotions and experiences. At orientation, the program’s leader, Sharon Okantey, better known...
by Virginia O'Connor | Mar 16, 2023 | Choosing a Program, Europe, UC Santa Cruz
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by Virginia O'Connor | May 6, 2022 | Asia, Choosing a Program, UC Santa Cruz
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by Virginia O'Connor | Jan 5, 2022 | Americas, UC Santa Cruz
by Elisabet Raquel García from UC Santa Cruz to Brazil then Mexico and finally Chile Growing up, my family history, where I come from, and who I am was a mystery to me. All I knew was that I was poor, queer, and confused about my multi-faceted identities. In college,...
by Virginia O'Connor | Aug 1, 2018 | Choosing a Program, Europe, UC Santa Cruz
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