by Leesa Truesdell José G. Carrasco was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and moved to New York at the age of five. He speaks three languages: Portuguese, English, and Spanish. He is currently teaching […]

Two months ago, I wrote a post about what it was like to return home to small-town Texas for two and a half months after living in Madrid, Spain for a year. I’d been through reverse culture […]

by Ellen Hietsch Year one in Madrid was transformative to my life abroad and in ways, I couldn’t have imagined. One of the activities I could do consistently throughout the year was to journal […]

by Leesa Truesdell I would like to start by saying what a joy it has been getting to know Samantha LoDuca. Sam and I met last August and whenever I asked her to assist in a project, she was always […]

What do you do when you want to practice speaking a new language but others take over the conversation? Learning a new language can open up a whole new world of cultures and subcultures when you are […]