Sarah Case is in her senior year at Central Michigan University. She hopes to someday teach high school English in a school in Michigan, and will graduate with a major in Secondary Education, and a minor in English as a Second Language. Her English professor Susan Steffel taught Sarah her methods courses in English Education. “She is a great example of the kind of teacher I want to be when I have a class of my own,” Sarah says. Sarah has just recently started substitute teaching in the schools near her university.

Sarah is an ambassador to the Study Abroad Ambassador program, sharing her experiences studying abroad in Ecuador and giving information about the different programs available to students. “I learned a lot about South American culture, got to visit and explore beautiful landscapes, tasted a huge variety of delicious food, practiced speaking Spanish with my wonderful host family, and made a lot of new friends,” she says. Studying abroad was a great experience for her Sarah, and she is very happy to encourage others to study abroad as well.