Tag: teach abroad
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Celebrating 3 years of living abroad
Quitting my job and moving abroad It’s been three years since I quit my job in Austin and started working abroad. It’s been a wild and wonderful three years. I have lived in the south of Spain, Northern Spain and Minas Gerais, Brazil. I was able to visit 11 countries and 17 autonomous Spanish communities.…
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I’m moving to Brazil!
I am learning to get better at plans. Mainly letting go of them and allowing them to fail and change. Since my trip to Morocco in April 2018, I had a fixated goal. I would move to an Arabic-speaking country in the Middle East and teach English at a school there. I spent months researching,…
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Won a writing contest with guide to Spain!
Excited to share I published my fourth travel essay with the magazine Transitions Abroad. You can read my guide to working with the Language and Culture Assistants Program in Spain on their website. It will give you an overview of the program, the basics of applying and information on the 17 regions of Spain as …
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Moving to Northern Spain!!
After five months of waiting, I’m excited to announce I’ve accepted a position with my program for another nine months in Asturias, a northern region of Spain. It will be a change from my life in sunny Murcia, but I’m eager to explore more of the country I’ve called home for the past eight months.…
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On turning 25
I remember reading the Brazilian novel, “The Alchemist,” in high school and being struck by finding depth in simplicity: how fables and children’s stories can still be for adults. Later, when I studied in Costa Rica, I tried to read the book in Spanish and a professor laughed at me and called the book “cheesy.”…
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Lessons from Spain: helping new neighbors
Moving to Spain has been different from when I stayed in Costa Rica or Slovakia. During those visits (which were two to four months), I had a specific program and personnel who helped me understand the rules of how to live in another country. In Spain, I am largely on my own, being helped along…
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So you want to teach in Spain
I’m in the process of receiving a visa to live and teach in Spain. As with any position I take, I want to help people understand the resources and opportunities available to them to work and travel. I will go through the first stages of the Auxiliares de Conversación Program and direct you to…
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I’m moving to Spain!
When I last wrote, I was in the process of moving the tiny house to Austin. As of now, I will live in the house for the next two months in Corsicana, but my ultimate plans have changed. In September, I will move to Spain. After a series of logistical failures and fortunate events, I…