🇺🇸 When the seed for the study abroad program in China was planted by Dr. Christ, my Business professor, it sounded brilliant, thrilling, but also easy. As an international student from Brazil about to graduate from an American college, I felt “vaccinated” against homesickness and culture shocks.
After my sweet-handsome-one-of-a-kind boyfriend decided to give me the “Business and Culture in China staff led study abroad program” as a Christmas present, barely did I know what was expecting me. It would be brilliant, it would be thrilling, but it wouldn’t be easy at all.