Oh the Places You'll Go

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." - Augustine of Hippo 

Never have those words rang more true than today. Looking back on my collegiate career, I see how travel has and continues to affect me. Born and raised in Minnesota, I packed up and went to Findlay, Ohio for two and a half years after graduating form high school and got my Associates of Arts in English Equestrian Studies, while there I was given the chance to go and work as a working student for a semester for a big name trainer, but felt that this form of travel would hamper my ability to graduate on time. Little did I know that a bigger change was in stock for me. So when I decided that a change was needed, I promised myself that if travel presented itself to me again, I wouldn't turn it down this time. So I packed up and went to Denver, Colorado for 3 years, where I have gotten not only the opportunity to take advantage of traveling and got to live in Paris for a quarter, but also will have gotten my Bachelors of Arts in French Language & Literature, with a double minor in English and Psychology.

I have now decided to move back to Edina for the summer before packing up and moving to France for possibly three years: 1 year in Caen as an English Teaching Assistant and then (hopefully) 2 years in Paris at the American University of Paris where I will be getting my Masters in Cultural Translation.

Who knows where I will be after those 3 years, but all I know is that my love for travel will never die, it will always be a part of my life, much like my passion for horses and horseback riding. During the summer, I will also have the opportunity to volunteer for the World Equestrian Games being held in Normandy, as an information desk assistant for the Horse Village.