Sarah Fernandes from Brazil
“It wasn’t perfect, but it was real and that’s what made the memories unforgettable.” -Sarah Fernandes from Brazil
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Diya Gadgil from India
“It’s really the best year of my life”- Diya Gadgil from India
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Constanza Astete
I always say that now my family’s not here. It’s not just here, it’s all around the world. And that’s something I think everybody has to experience once in their life. Yeah, it can be scary, but you’re going to be with people that really help you, and that’s amazing.
Constanza Astete
My exchange helped me to be a better leader, and to be more helpful in my family and in my school. I learned how to speak another language fluently, but it’s not just that. You make connections. You make friendships. You make a lot of experiences and memories that are like gold.
Constanza Astete
The first thing that I asked myself is – am I brave enough to go out by myself? But my exchange made me braver. It’s made me more independent, and I think that it made me realize how important it is to just go for it.
Constanza Astete
I realized that if I don’t reach out and do things, the experiences are not coming for me because everyone thinks that I’m just another student. So I had to challenge myself to socialize and talk to everyone, and I made so many friends that way.
Aude Mayer
Studying abroad made me less shy and more open to making contact with people. It made me feel like a part of something. And even now, when I meet people who tell me they went on an exchange, it feels like we’re all part of something bigger, and that’s really awesome
Aude Mayer
I feel more open about the world and the people that live in it. Meeting so many people from different countries made the whole world seem more real. That made a great impact on me because I think we should all learn about what’s going on in the world.
Aude Mayer
Meeting other Rotary students in my exchange area was special, because we were having the same experience. We had the same feelings about everything that was going on. Plus they were from a different home country, so we could work to learn the new language together.
Laura Derenne
One of my best memories is when my mom visited me and we got to visit her host families from 30 years ago. I really enjoyed seeing new places but mostly meeting those amazing people. Nothing had changed between them and my mom even after all that time.