Abz Zeitler is a communications student from The University of Texas. She is studying abroad at University of Amsterdam in 2016 and frequently volunteers in Africa with IVHQ and African Impact.  

Anna Matthews is a 21-year-old English Literature and Spanish student at the University of Leeds. She is currently undertaking and Erasmus study placement at the Universidad de Alcalá, just north of Madrid.

Canadian Caroline Cormier currently lives in Berlin, where you can find her digging through dusty documents in archives for her PhD, stretching out on a mat in a Pilates class, or enjoying a coffee at a local café or market.

Diane Moore is an award-winning journalist and skincare specialist, living in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany, with her husband, practicing orthodontist Col. Patrick H. Moore USA (ret.) They have six children and four grandchildren, who enjoy following their elders' adventures throughout Europe. Read on to learn about her grown-up gap year.

Emily Flynn is a doula from the Western U.S., currently writing from Bali as a midwife in training at the Rumah Sehat Madani clinic through the Birth Institute. Emily is an advocate for getting more women into adventure travel and wrote a book on it, This is Not a Guide Book.

Jared Tinslay is a Hispanic Studies graduate from Essex, England. After finishing his degree he moved to Spain to teach English. He is currently in Granada studying to qualify as a teacher. Curious about the language of love? Follow Jared’s adventures!

Juliann Li is a second year Dartmouth student studying International Relations and French. She is currently studying abroad and learning about French civilization, literature, and art history in Paris as a student on the Dartmouth French program.

Kalee Fambrough is finishing her Bachelor’s degree in Marketing in Birmingham, Alabama at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In September 2015, Kalee will travel to London, England to complete her Master’s in Marketing Communications and Advertising at Kingston University.

Katrina Keegan is a University of Chicago student studying in St. Petersburg, Russia for the 2018-2019 academic year through the Bard-Smolny Program. She is living with a host family and taking classes with local students.

Kyle David Anderson is Associate Professor of Chinese and the Director of the Center for Global Citizenship at Centre College. He is a former Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays scholar and has lived and worked in Asia, Europe and North America. He currently splits his time managing Centre College’s programs and seeking out new opportunities for faculty, staff and students.

Meghan McKenna is a media theory and writing student at Ontario’s Western University. Meghan recently returned from a semester of studying with the School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong.

Mikee Mutuc is a journalism student from Toronto, Canada currently continuing her studies for the fall semester of 2016 at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.

Nele (Nayla) van Hout is a Dutch student who decided to study a full-time degree in overseas. She now lives in Manchester where she studies English and Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University, England, UK.

Riya Bam is a high school student studying language in Kirov, Russia for the summer of 2019 through the National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship from the U.S. State Department with students around the country.

Spencer Kalan is a Canadian MLitt. candidate at the University of Glasgow’s Crichton Campus. He is an aspiring writer, avid photographer, and occasional gym goer that is making the best of this experience every step of the way.